The chimney is to some extent an independent structure, standing on the ground, and rising through the house to the heavens; evenafter the house is burned it still stands sometimes, and its importance and independence are apparent.

Surely the apple is the noblest of fruits.

I only desire sincere relations with the worthiest of my acquaintance, that they may give me an opportunity once in a year to speak the truth.

The nonchalance and dolce-far-niente air of nature and society hint at infinite periods in the progress of mankind.

The poet is he who can write some pure mythology today without the aid of posterity.

There is no more fatal blunderer than he who consumes the greater part of his life getting his living.

The setting sun is reflected from the windows of the alms-house as brightly as from the rich man's abode.