The fragrance always stays in the hand that gives the rose.
Life is a rich strain of music, suggesting a realm too fair to be.
Our great social and political advantage is opportunity.
The test of civilization is the estimate of woman.
There is very little moral mixture in the 'Antislavery' feeling of this country. A great deal is abstract philanthropy; part is hatred of slaveholders; a great part is jealousy for white labor, very little is consciousness of wrong done and the wish to right it.
A river is the cosiest of friends. You must love it and live with it before you can know it.