Shame is like the weaver's thread; if it breaks in the net, it is wholly imperfect.

Some have the temperament and tastes of genius, without its creative power. They feel acutely, but express tamely.

Say what we will, you may be sure that ambition is an error; its wear and tear of heart are never recompensed, -it steals away the freshness of life, -it deadens its vivid and social enjoyments, -it shuts our souls to our own youth, -and we are old ere we remember that we have made a fever and a labor of our raciest years.

Dream manfully and nobly, and thy dreams shall be prophets.

What is human is immortal!

A good cigar is as great a comfort to a man as a good cry to a woman.

Beside one deed of guilt, how blest is guiltless woe!