Alas! while the body stands so broad and brawny, must the soul lie blinded, dwarfed, stupefied, almost annihilated? Alas! this was, too, a breath of God, bestowed in heaven, but on earth never to be unfolded!

There is often more spiritual force in a proverb than in whole philosophical systems.

Poetry is the attempt which man makes to render his existence harmonious.

Experience is the best of school masters, only the school fees are heavy.

Make yourself an honest man, and then you may be sure there is one less rascal in the world.

The great silent man! Looking round on the noisy inanity of the world,--words with little meaning, actions with little worth,--one loves to reflect on the great Empire of Silence.

We have not read an author till we have seen his object, whatever it may be, as he saw it.