I cannot believe that our factory system is the best mode by which men may get clothing. The condition of the operatives is becoming every day more like that of the English; and it cannot be wondered at, since, as far as I have heard or observed, the principal object is, not that mankind may be well and honestly clad, but, unquestionably, that the corporations may be enriched.

Our taste is too delicate and particular. It says nay to the poet's work, but never yea to his hope.

Not secondary to the sun, she gives us his blaze again, Void of its flame, and sheds a softer day... In Heaven queen she is among the spheres; She, mistress-like, makes all things to be pure.

The wise are not so much wiser than others as respecters of their own wisdom.

So soon did we, wayfarers, begin to learn that man's life is rounded with the same few facts, the same simple relations everywhere, and it is vain to travel to find it new.

I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by conscious endeavor.

I never found a companion that was so companionable as solitude.