As in geology, so in social institutions, we may discover the causes of all past changes in the present invariable order of society.

And if the civilized man's pursuits are no worthier than the savage's, if he is employed the greater part of his life in obtaininggross necessaries and comforts merely, why should he have a better dwelling than the former?

Hold fast to your most indefinite, waking dream.

What a singular fact for an angel visitant to this earth to carry back in his note-book, that men were forbidden to expose their bodies under the severest penalties!

The most domestic cat, which has lain on a rug all her days, appears quite at home in the woods, and, by her sly and stealthy behavior, proves herself more native there than the regular inhabitants.

The light which puts out our eyes is darkness to us.

When the reptile is attacked at one mouth of his burrow, he shows himself at another.