Men have come to such a pass that they frequently starve, not for want of necessaries, but for want of luxuries.

Our houses are such unwieldy property that we are often imprisoned rather than housed by them.

What an admirable training is science for the more active warfare of life! Indeed, the unchallenged bravery which these studies imply, is far more impressive than the trumpeted valor of the warrior.

Unto a life which I call natural I would gladly follow even a will-o'-the-wisp through bogs and sloughs unimaginable, but no moonnor firefly has shown me the causeway to it.

Behold the difference between the Oriental and the Occidental. The former has nothing to do in this world; the latter is full of activity. The one looks in the sun until his eyes are put out; the other follows him prone in his westward course.

Let your condiments be in the condition of your senses.

Friends will not only live in harmony, but in melody.