Every man, however obscure, however far removed from the general recognition, is one of a group of men impressible for good, and impressible for evil, and it is in the nature of things that he cannot really improve himself without in some degree improving other men.

We part with tender relations stretching far behind us, that never can be exactly renewed, and with others dawning - yet before us.

It was very dark; but in the murky sky there were masses of cloud which shone with a lurid light, like monstrous heaps of copper that had been heated in a furnace, and were growing cold.

Minds, like bodies, will often fall into a pimpled, ill-conditioned state from mere excess of comfort.

Her contempt for me was so strong, that it became infectious, and I caught it.

There seems a magic in the very name of Christmas.

To a young heart everything is fun.