How indestructibly the good grows, and propagates itself, even among the weedy entanglements of evil.

Variety is the condition of harmony.

The insignificant, the empty, is usually the loud; and after the manner of a drum, is louder even because of its emptiness.

Everywhere the human soul stands between a hemisphere of light and another of darkness on the confines of two everlasting empires, - Necessity and Free Will.

It is a fact which escapes no one, that, generally speaking, whoso is acquainted with his worth has but a little stock to cultivate acquaintance with.

Weak eyes are fondest of glittering objects.

In the long-run every Government is the exact symbol of its People, with their wisdom and unwisdom; we have to say, Like People like Government.