Never be so brief as to become obscure.

Apothegms are the wisdom of the past condensed for the instruction and guidance of the present.

Let your holidays be associated with great public events, and they may be the life of patriotism as well as a source of relaxation and personal employment.

Deviation from either truth or duty is a downward path.

He that is possessed with a prejudice is possessed with a devil.

Age does not depend upon years, but upon temperament and health. Some men are born old, and some never grow so.

Compromise is but the sacrifice of one right or good in the hope of retaining another - too often ending in the loss of both.