There is always room and occasion enough for a true book on any subject; as there is room for more light the brightest day and more rays will not interfere with the first.

I am awaked almost every night by the panting of the locomotive. It interrupts my dreams. There is no sabbath.

There are as many strata at different levels of life as there are leaves in a book. When on the higher levels we can remember the lower levels, but when on the lower we cannot remember the higher.

O how I laugh when I think of my vague indefinite riches. No run on my bank can drain it, for my wealth is not possession but enjoyment.

Men are as innocent as the morning to the unsuspicious.

Having reached the term of his natural life"; Mwould it not be truer to say, Having reached the term of his unnatural life?

I should consider it a greater success to interest one wise and earnest soul, than a million unwise and frivolous.