Excellence encourages one about life generally; it shows the spiritual wealth of the world.

I'm not denyin' the women are foolish. God Almighty made 'em to match the men.

We hand folks over to God's mercy, and show none ourselves.

I don't mind how many letters I receive from one who interests me as much as you do. The receptive part of correspondence I can carry on with much alacrity. It is writing answers that I groan over.

I think there are stores laid up in our human nature that our understandings can make no complete inventory of.

How unspeakably the lengthening of memories in common endears our old friends!

Confound you handsome young fellows! You think of having it all your own way in the world. You don't understand women. They don't admire you half so much as you admire yourselves.