No nobler feeling than this, of admiration for one higher than himself, dwells in the breast of man. It is to this hour, and at all hours, the vivifying influence in man's life.

There is a majesty and mystery in nature, take her as you will. The essence of poetry comes breathing to a mind that feels from every province of her empire.

The Orator persuades and carries all with him, he knows not how; the Rhetorician can prove that he ought to have persuaded and carried all with him.

When new turns of behavior cease to appear in the life of the individual, its behavior ceases to be intelligent.

It is the heart always that sees, before the head can see.

Once turn to practice, error and truth will no longer consort together.

History is the essence of innumerable biographies.