We often praise the evening clouds, And tints so gay and bold, But seldom think upon our God, Who tinged these clouds with gold.

All men who have turned out worth anything have had the chief hand in their own education.

Women are but the toys which amuse our lighter hours---ambition is the serious business of life.

He that climbs the tall tree has won right to the fruit, He that leaps the wide gulf should prevail in his suit.

When true friends meet in adverse hour; 'Tis like a sunbeam through a shower. A watery way an instant seen, The darkly closing clouds between.

A lawyer without history or literature is a mechanic, a mere working mason; if he possesses some knowledge of these, he may venture to call himself an architect.

Fortune may raise up or abuse the ordinary mortal, but the sage and the soldier should have minds beyond her control.