he who has nothing to lose can afford all risks.

The person who decides what shall be the food and drink of a family, and the modes of its preparation, is the one who decides, to a greater or less extent, what shall be the health of that family.

The Negro is an exotic of the most gorgeous and superb countries of the world, and he has deep in his heart a passion for all that is splendid, rich and fanciful.

It has always been a favorite idea of mine, that there is so much of the human in every man, that the life of any one individual, however obscure, if really and vividly perceived in all its aspirations, struggles, failures, and successes, would command the interest of all others.

No ornament of a house can compare with books; they are constant company in a room, even when you are not reading them.

Why don't somebody wake up to the beauty of old women?

Greek is the morning land of languages, and has the freshness of early dew in it which will never exhale.