Love is very beautiful, but very, very sad.

Human nature is above all things lazy.

The greater the interest involved in a truth the more careful, self-distrustful, and patient should be the inquiry.

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

the Lord gives good many things twice over; but he don't give ye a mother but once.

Great as the planning were for the dinner, the lot was so contrived that not a soul in the house be supposed to be kept from the break of day ceremony of Blessing in the church.

Come down here once, and use your eyes, and you will know more than we can teach you.