To a small man every greater is an exaggeration.

Some do not walk at all; others walk in the highways; a few walk across lots. Roads are made for horses and men of business. I do not travel in them much, comparatively, because I am not in a hurry to get to any tavern or grocery or livery-stable or depot to which they lead.

English sense has toiled, but Hindoo wisdom never perspired.

Concord River is remarkable for the gentleness of its current, which is scarcely perceptible, and some have referred to its influence the proverbial moderation of the inhabitants of Concord, as exhibited in the Revolution, and on later occasions.

What a fool he must be who thinks that his El Dorado is anywhere but where he lives.

There is no odor so bad as that which arises from goodness tainted.

What the banker sighs for, the meanest clown may have-leisure and a quiet mind.