We are never more in danger than when we think ourselves most secure, nor in reality more secure than when we seem to be most in danger.

Books are not seldom talismans and spells.

Remorse, the fatal egg that pleasure laid.

It is a terrible thought, that nothing is ever forgotten; that not an oath is ever uttered that does not continue to vibrate through all times, in the wide spreading current of sound; that not a prayer is lisped, that its record is not to be found st

But slaves that once conceive the glowing thought Of freedom, in that hope itself possess All that the contest calls for; spirit, strength, The scorn of danger, and united hearts, The surest presage of the good they seek.

Absence of occupation is not rest; A mind quite vacant is a mind distressed.

Great offices will have great talents.