The loss of a mother is always keenly felt, even if her health be such as to incapacitate her from taking an active part in the care of the family. She is the sweet rallying-point for affection, obedience, and a thousand tendernesses. Dreary the blank when she is withdrawn!

Good manners require space and time.

Fiction is the microscope of truth.

Limited in his nature, infinite in his desires, man is a fallen god who remembers the heavens.

The more I see of the representatives of the people, the more I admire my dogs.

Life is too short to spare an hour of it in the indulgence of this evil passion.

It is admirable to die the victim of one's faith; it is sad to die the dupe of one's ambition.