That government is best which governs the least, because its people discipline themselves.

We are constantly invited to be who we are.

We never conceive the greatness of our fates.

If to chaffer and higgle are bad in trade, they are much worse in Love. It demands directness as of an arrow.

Each new year is a surprise to us. We find that we had virtually forgotten the note of each bird, and when we hear it again, it is remembered like a dream, reminding us of a previous state of existence. How happens it that the associations it awakens are always pleasing, never saddening, reminiscences of our sanest hours. The voice of nature is always encouraging.

One piece of good sense would be more memorable than a monument as high as the moon.

A kitten is so flexible that she is almost double; the hind parts are equivalent to another kitten with which the fore part plays. She does not discover that her tail belongs to her till you tread upon it.