We hate merit while it is with us; when taken away from our gaze,
we long for it jealously.

We hate merit while it is with us; when taken away from our gaze,
we long for it jealously.

How much of injustice and depravity is sanctioned by custom!

How much of injustice and depravity is sanctioned by custom!

Good service is a great inchantment.

Good service is a great inchantment.

Thursday come, and the week's gone.

Thursday come, and the week's gone.

Always keep your hook in the water: where you least expect one,
the fish will be found.

Always keep your hook in the water: where you least expect one,
the fish will be found.

Nothing lasts but the Church.

Nothing lasts but the Church.

Be firm or mild as the occasion may require.

Be firm or mild as the occasion may require.

He that passeth a winters day escapes an enemy.

He that passeth a winters day escapes an enemy.

A people without history is like the wind on the buffalo grass.

A people without history is like the wind on the buffalo grass.