it is not every tourist who bubbles over with mirth, and that unquenchable spirit of humor which turns a trial into a blessing.

It has been well said that tea is suggestive of a thousand wants, from which spring the decencies and luxuries of civilization.

Letter-writing on the part of a busy man or woman is the quintessence of generosity.

Wit is as infinite as love, and a deal more lasting in its qualities.

Discussion without asperity, sympathy with fusion, gayety unracked by too abundant jests, mental ease in approaching one another; these are the things which give a pleasant smoothness to the rough edge of life.

If we go to church we are confronted with a system of begging so complicated and so resolute that all other demands sink into insignificance by its side.

It is impossible to withhold education from the receptive mind, as it is impossible to force it upon the unreasoning.