Vengeance, deep-brooding o'er the slain, Had locked the source of softer woe, And burning pride and high disdain Forbade the rising tear to flow

The race of mankind would perish did they cease to aid each other. We cannot exist without mutual help. All therefore that need aid have a right to ask it from their fellow-men; and no one who has the power of granting can refuse it without guilt

Hope is brightest when it dawns from fears

Heaven know its time; the bullet has its billet

How pleasant it is for a father to sit at his child's board. It is like an aged man reclining under the shadow of an oak which he has planted

Death is dreadful, but in the first springtime of youth, to be snatched forcibly from the banquet to which the individual has but just sat down is peculiarly appalling

Success or failure in business is caused more by the mental attitude even than by mental capacities.

Discretion is the perfection of reason, and a guide to us in all the duties of life

Court not the critic's smile nor dread his frown

Heap on more wood! the wind is chill But let it whistle as it will, We'll keep our Christmas merry still