I fear that I have not got much to say about Canada, not having seen much; what I got by going to Canada was a cold.

Concord River is remarkable for the gentleness of its current, which is scarcely perceptible, and some have referred to its influence the proverbial moderation of the inhabitants of Concord, as exhibited in the Revolution, and on later occasions.

God is alone,-but the devil, he is far from being alone; he sees a great deal of company; he is legion.

What fire could ever equal the sunshine of a winter's day?

Yet, for my part, I was never unusually squeamish; I could sometimes eat a fried rat with a good relish, if it were necessary.

Indeed, the life of cattle, like that of many men, is but a sort of locomotiveness; they move a side at a time, and man, by his machinery, is meeting the horse and the ox half-way.

To a philosopher all news, as it is called, is gossip, and they who edit and read it are old women over their tea.