There are men whose presence infuses trust and reverence.

"Solomon's Proverbs, I think, have omitted to say, that as the sore palate findeth grit, so an uneasy consciousness heareth innuendos."

"It is, I fear, but a vain show of fulfilling the heathen precept, "Know thyself," and too often leads to a self-estimate which will subsist in the absence of that fruit by which alone the quality of the tree is made evident."

The reward of one duty is the power to fulfill another.

"Renunciation remains sorrow, though a sorrow borne willingly."