The highest compact we can make with our fellow is,-Let there be truth between us two forevermore.

One of the most wonderful things in nature is a glance of the eye; it transcends speech; it is the bodily symbol of identity.

Men love to wonder, and that is the seed of science.

Every man's task is his life-preserver.

If a man write a better book, preach a better sermon, or make a better mouse-trap than his neighbor, tho' he build his house in the woods, the world will make a beaten path to his door.

The reward of a thing well done, is to have done it.

Everything intercepts us from ourselves.

Every man believes that he has a greater possibility.

A beautiful behavior is better than a beautiful form; it gives a higher pleasure than statues or pictures; it is the finest of the fine arts.

Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.