When a noble deed is done, who is likely to appreciate it? They who are noble themselves.

It often happens that a man develops a deeper love and friendship with his pet cat or dog than he does with most of the other humans in his life.

There are various, nay, incredible faiths; why should we be alarmed at any of them? What man believes, God believes.

Each new year is a surprise to us. We find that we had virtually forgotten the note of each bird, and when we hear it again, it is remembered like a dream, reminding us of a previous state of existence. How happens it that the associations it awakens are always pleasing, never saddening, reminiscences of our sanest hours. The voice of nature is always encouraging.

Men and boys are learning all kinds of trades but how to make men of themselves. They learn to make houses; but they are not so well housed, they are not so contented in their houses, as the woodchucks in their holes.

The eye is the jewel of the body.

What men call social virtues, good fellowship, is commonly but the virtue of pigs in a litter, which lie close together to keep each other warm.