But men labor under a mistake. The better part of the man is soon plowed into the soil for compost.

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

In literature it is only the wild that attracts us.

One cannot too soon forget his errors and misdemeanors for to dwell long upon them is to add to the offense, and repentance and sorrow can only be displaced by somewhat better, and which is as free and original as if they had not been.

Public opinion is a weak tyrant compared with our own private opinion.

I hardly know an intellectual man, even, who is so broad and truly liberal that you can think aloud in his society.

Ice is an interesting subject for contemplation. They told me that they had some in the ice-houses at Fresh Pond five years old which was as good as ever. Why is it that a bucket of water soon becomes putrid, but frozen remains sweet forever? It is commonly said that this is the difference between the affections and the intellect.