There is no sense of weariness like that which closes in a day of eager and unintermittent pursuit of pleasure. The apple is eaten, but "the core sticks in the throat." Expectation has then given way to ennui, appetite to satiety.

The busiest of living agents are certain dead men's thoughts.

Rejecting the miracles of Christ, we still have the miracle of Christ Himself.

Woman's power is over the affections. A beautiful dominion is hers; but she risks its forfeiture when she seeks to extend it.

Bad taste is a species of bad morals.

Dignity of position adds to dignity of character, as well as to dignity of carriage. Give us a proud position, and we are impelled to act up to it.

A genuine passion is like a mountain stream; it admits of no impediment; it cannot go backward; it must go forward.