There have been some nations who could do nothing but construct tombs, and these are the only traces which they have left. They are the heathen.

The Grecian are youthful and erring and fallen gods, with the vices of men, but in many important respects essentially of the divine race.

If it is surely the means to the highest end we know, can any work be humble or disgusting? Will it not rather be elevating as a ladder, the means by which we are translated?

I only desire sincere relations with the worthiest of my acquaintance, that they may give me an opportunity once in a year to speak the truth.

I have found it a singular luxury to talk across the pond to a companion on the opposite side.

The improvements of ages have had but little influence on the essential laws of man's existence: as our skeletons, probably, are not to be distinguished from those of our ancestors.

Friends will be much apart. They will respect more each other's privacy than their communion.