If you once turn on your side after the hour at which you ought to rise, it is all over. Bolt up at once.

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

A thousand fearful images and dire suggestions glance along the mind when it is moody and discontented with itself. Command them to stand and show themselves, and you presently assert the power of reason over imagination.

I have sometimes thought of the final cause of dogs having such short lives and I am quite satisfied it is in compassion to the human race; for if we suffer so much in losing a dog after an acquaintance of ten or twelve years, what would it be if they were to live double that time?

Within that awful volume lies The mystery of mysteries!

It is wonderful what strength of purpose and boldness and energy of will are roused by the assurance that we are doing our duty.

If a farmer fills his barn with grain, he gets mice. If he leaves it empty, he gets actors.