The Greeks adored their gods by the simple compliment of kissing their hands; and the Romans were treated as atheists if they would not perform the same act when they entered a temple. This custom, however, as a religious ceremony declined with paganism,but was continued as a salutation by inferiors to their superiors, or as a token of esteem among friends.

The indulgence in grief is a blunder.

Despair is the conclusion of fools.

The feathered arrow of satire has oft been wet with the heart's blood of its victims.

Meditation is culture.

The enterprise of America precedes that of Europe, as the industry of England precedes that of the rest of Europe.

Yes, I am a Jew and when the ancestors of the right honorable gentleman were brutal savages in an unknown island, mine were priests in the temple of Solomon.