“He has seen but half the universe who never has been shown the house of Pain.”

“A man builds a fine house; and now he has a master, and a task for life.”

“The power of love, as the basis of a State, has never been tried.”

“An Eastern poet, Ali Ben Abu Taleb, writes with sad truth, —"He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare,And he who has one enemy shall meet him everywhere.”

“If the stars should appear one night in a thousand years, how would men believe and adore; and preserve for many generations the remembrance of the city of God which had been shown! But every night come out these envoys of beauty, and light the universe with their admonishing smile.”

“He has not learned the lesson of life who does not every day surmount a fear.”

“In the highest civilization, the book is still the highest delight. He who has once known its satisfactions is provided with a resource against calamity.”