Moroseness is the evening of turbulence.

The religion of Christ is peace and good-will,--the religion of Christendom is war and ill-will.

Heat and animosity, contest and conflict, may sharpen the wits, although they rarely do; they never strengthen the understanding, clear the perspicacity, guide the judgment, or improve the heart.

It appears to be among the laws of nature, that the mighty of intellect should be pursued and carped by the little, as the solitary flight of one great bird is followed by the twittering petulance of many smaller.

Great men lose somewhat of their greatness by being near us; ordinary men gain much.

The deafest man can hear praise, and is slow to think any an excess.

The worse of ingratitude lies not in the ossified heart of him who commits it, but we find it in the effect it produces on him against whom it was committed.