In general, we do well to let an opponent's motives alone. We are seldom just to them. Our own motives on such occasions are often worse than those we assail.

I laugh, for hope hath a happy place with me; If my boat sinks, 'tis to another sea.

God be thanked for books; they are the voices of the distant and the dead, and make us heirs of the spiritual life of past ages.

Let every man, if possible, gather some good books under his roof.

All noble enthusiasms pass through a feverish stage, and grow wiser and more serene

All virtue lies in individual action, in inward energy, in self determination. There is no moral worth in being swept away by a crowd even toward the best objective.

The domestic relations precede, and in our present existence are worth more than all our other social ties. They give the first throb to the heart, and unseal the deep fountains of its love. Home is the chief school of human virtue. Its responsibilities, joys, sorrows, smiles, tears, hopes, and solicitudes form the chief interest of human life.