How often you are irresistibly drawn to a plain, unassuming woman, whose soft silvery tones render her positively attractive! In the social circle, how pleasant it is to hear a woman talk in that low key which always characterizes the true lady. In the sanctuary of home, how such a voice soothes the fretful child and cheers the weary husband!

'T is sweet to think that where'er we rove We are sure to find something blissful and dear; And that when we 're far from the lips we love, We 've but to make love to the lips we are near.

The measure of choosing well, is, whether a man likes and finds good in what he has chosen.

Cultivate simplicity or rather should I say banish elaborateness, for simplicity springs spontaneous from the heart.

Farewell, farewell to thee, Araby's daughter! Thus warbled a Peri beneath the dark sea.

May my last breath be drawn through a pipe, and exhaled in a jest.

When true hearts lie wither'd And fond ones are flown, Oh, who would inhabit This bleak world alone?