Earth is here so kind, that just tickle her with a hoe and she laughs with a harvest.

The language of women should be luminous, but not voluminous.

A piece of simple goodness--a letter gushing from the heart; a beautiful unstudied vindication of the worth and untiring sweetness of human nature--a record of the invulnerability of man, armed with high purpose, sanctified by truth.

We are all slaves to the shining metal.

There are a good many pious people who are as careful of their religion as of their best service of china, only using it on holy occasions, for fear it should get chipped or flawed in working-day wear.

As for the brandy, "nothing extenuate"; and the water, put nought in in malice.

The only athletic sport I ever mastered was backgammon.