To Cultivate A Garden Is To Walk

A Book Should Be Luminous Not Voluminous.

The Selection Of A Subject Is To The Author What Choice Of Position Is To The General,--once Skilfully Determined, The Battle Is Already Half Won. Of A Few Writers It May Be Said That They Are Popular In Despite Of Their Subjects--but Of A Great Many More It May Be Observed That They Are Popular Because Of Them.

A Sound Discretion Is Not So Much Indicated By Never Making A Mistake As By Never Repeating It.

Fame - A Few Words Upon A Tombstone, And The Truth Of Those Not To Be Depended On.

The Activity Of The Young Is Like That Of Railcars In Motion--they Tear Along With Noise And Turmoil, And Leave Peace Behind Them. The Quietest Nooks, Invaded By Them, Lose Their Quietude As They Pass, And Recover It Only On Their Departure.