The true finish is the work of time, and the use to which a thing is put. The elements are still polishing the pyramids.

There is an orientalism in the most restless pioneer, and the farthest west is but the farthest east.

As the least drop of wine tinges the whole goblet, so the least particle of truth colors our whole life.

The sport of digging the bait is nearly equal to that of catching the fish, when one's appetite is not too keen.

Though the hen should sit all day, she could lay only one egg, and, besides, would not have picked up materials for another.

If I ever see more clearly at one time than at another, the medium through which I see is clearer.

I also have in mind that seemingly wealthy, but most terribly impoverished class of all, who have accumulated dross, but know not how to use it, or get rid of it, and thus have forged their own golden or silver fetters.