That is mere sentimentality that lies abed by day and thinks itself white, far from the tan and callus of experience.

As for health, consider yourself well.

Before the land rose out of the ocean, and became dry land, chaos reigned; and between high and low water mark, where she is partially disrobed and rising, a sort of chaos reigns still, which only anomalous creatures can inhabit.

The thoughtful man becomes a hermit in the thoroughfares of the marketplace.

In Canada an ordinary New England house would be mistaken for the château, and while every village here contains at least severalgentlemen or "squires," there is but one to a seigniory.

The perception of beauty is a moral test.

Severe truth is expressed with some bitterness.