God's mills grind slow, But they grind woe.
False eloquence is exaggeration; true eloquence is emphasis.
The line of life is a ragged diagonal between duty and desire.
What is the highest secret to victory and peace? To will what God wills, and strike a league with destiny.
Tears are the tribute of humanity to its destiny.
To appreciate and use correctly a valuable maxim requires a genius; a vital appropriating exercise of mind closely allied to that which first created it.