Newspapers always excite curiosity. No one ever puts one down without the feeling of disappointment.

There was a little man, and he had a little soul; And he said, Little Soul, let us try, try, try!

In the Negro countenance you will often meet with strong traits of benignity. I have felt yearnings of tenderness towards some of these faces.

Can we ring the bells backward? Can we unlearn the arts that pretend to civilize, and then burn the world? There is a march of science; but who shall beat the drums for its retreat?

Brandy and water spoils two good things.

Man is a gaming animal. He must always be trying to get the better in something or other.

Sassafras wood boiled down to a kind of tea, and tempered with an infusion of milk and sugar hath to some a delicacy beyond the China luxury.