When I would go a-visiting, I find that I go off the fashionable street,--not being inclined to change my dress,--to where man meets man, and not polished shoe meets shoe.

The schools begin with what they call the elements, and where do they end?

I cannot easily buy a blank-book to write thoughts in; they are commonly ruled for dollars and cents.

In the long run, men hit only what they aim at. Therefore, they had better aim at something high.

Our circumstances answer to our expectations and the demand of our natures.

It is what a man thinks of himself that really determines his fate.

And pray what more can a reasonable man desire, in peaceful times, in ordinary noons, than a sufficient number of ears of green sweet corn boiled, with the addition of salt?