A parent gives life, but as parent, gives no more. A murderer takes life, but his deed stops there. A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops.

A senator is like a begonia - showy but useless.

People here are quite struck aback at Sunday's news of the capture of New Orleans. It took them three days to make up their minds to believe it. The division of American had become an idea so fixed that they had about shut out all the avenues to the reception of any other.

A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops.

There are two things that seem to be at the bottom of our constitutions; one is a continual tendency towards politics; the other is family pride; and it is strange how these two feelings run through all of us.

The progress of evolution from President Washington to President Grant was alone evidence to upset Darwin.

Chaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit.