There is no just and serene criticism as yet.
At least let us have healthy books.
It is not worth the while to let our imperfections disturb us always.
That is a pathetic inquiry among travelers and geographers after the site of ancient Troy. It is not near where they think it is.When a thing is decayed and gone, how indistinct must be the place it occupied!
The first pleasant days of spring come out like a squirrel and go in again.
The order of things should be reversed; the seventh day should be the day of toil...and the other six his Sabbath of the affections and the soul, in which to range this widerspread garden, and drink in the soft influences and sublime revelations of Nature.