Ah, could the soul, like the body, have a mirror! It has,--a friend.

Proverbs are mental gems gathered in the diamond districts of the mind.

True statesmanship is the art of changing a nation from what it is into what it ought to be.

There is one thing diviner than duty, namely, the bond of obligation transmuted into liberty.

Ignorance is the mother of suspicion.

In the nine heavens are eight Paradises; Where is the ninth one? In the human breast. Only the blessed dwell in th' Paradises, But blessedness dwells in the human breast.

The line of life is a ragged diagonal between duty and desire.