Separate from the pleasure of your company, I don't much care if I never see another mountain in my life.

The teller of a mirthful tale has latitude allowed him. We are content with less than absolute truth.

When I am not walking, I am reading. I cannot sit and think.

Damn the age. I'll write for antiquity.

Asparagus inspires gentle thoughts.

No one ever regarded the First of January with indifference. It is that from which all date their time, and count upon what is left. It is the nativity of our common Adam.

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!