A truly good book is something as natural, and as unexpectedly and unaccountably fair and perfect, as a wild-flower discovered on the prairies of the West or in the jungles of the East.

I have not read far in the statutes of this Commonwealth. It is not profitable reading. They do not always say what is true; and they do not always mean what they say.

There is always some accident in the best things, whether thoughts or expressions or deeds. The memorable thought, the happy expression, the admirable deed are only partly ours.

We must love our friend so much that she shall be associated with our purest and holiest thoughts alone.

Having reached the term of his natural life"; Mwould it not be truer to say, Having reached the term of his unnatural life?

To be in company, even with the best, is soon wearisome and dissipating.

We are ever dying to one world and being born into another.