But the impressions which the morning makes vanish with its dews, and not even the most "persevering mortal" can preserve the memory of its freshness to midday.

We cannot but pity the boy who has never fired a gun; he is no more humane, while his education has been sadly neglected.

All that is told of the sea has a fabulous sound to an inhabitant of the land and all its products have a certain fabulous quality, as if they belonged to another planet.

If there is any hell more unprincipled than our rulers, and we, the ruled, I feel curious to see it.

I found that they knew but little of the history of their race, and could be entertained by stories about their ancestors as readily as any way .

Many a forenoon have I stolen away, preferring to spend thus the most valued part of the day; for I was rich, if not in money, in sunny hours and summer days, and spent them lavishly; nor do I regret that I did not waste more of them in the workshop or the teacher's desk.

Great men, unknown to their generation, have their fame among the great who have preceded them, and all true worldly fame subsides from their high estimate beyond the stars.