Instead of saying that man is the creature of circumstance, it would be nearer the mark to say that man is the architect of circumstance.

Parties on the back of Parties, at war with the world and with each other.

To reform a world, to reform a nation, no wise man will undertake; and all but foolish men know, that the only solid, though a far slower reformation, is what each begins and perfects on himself.

A man willing to work, and unable to find work, is perhaps the saddest sight that fortune's inequality exhibits under this sun.

Good Christian people, here lies for you an inestimable loan; take all heed thereof, in all carefulness, employ it: with high recompense, or else with heavy penalty, will it one day be required back.

The actual well seen is ideal.

What unknown seas of feeling lie in man, and will from time to time break through!