"It frequently happens that where the second line is sublime, the third, in which he meant to rise still higher, is pe…"

"What we call human reason, is not the effort or ability of one, so much as it is the result of the reason of many, ar…"

"Homer is the most simple in his style of all the great poets, and resembles most the style of the poetical parts of t…"

"Anxiety is the poison of human life ; the parent of many sins and of more miseries. – In a world where everything is …"

"Look around you, and you will behold the universe full of active powers. Action is, so to speak, the genius of nature…"

"That discipline which corrects the baseness of worldly passion, fortifies the heart with virtuous principles, enlight…"

"How shocking must thy summons be, O Death! To him that is at ease in his possessions! Who, counting on long years of …"

"Dissimulation in youth is the forerunner of perfidy in old age; its first appearance is the fatal omen of growing dep…"

"Idleness is the great corrupter of youth, and the bane and dishonor of middle age. He who, in the prime of life, find…"

"The great standard of literature as to purity and exactness of style is the Bible."