But they who are unconcerned about the consequences of their actions are not therefore unconcerned about their actions.

What is the use of a house if you haven't got a tolerable planet to put it on?

Concord River is remarkable for the gentleness of its current, which is scarcely perceptible, and some have referred to its influence the proverbial moderation of the inhabitants of Concord, as exhibited in the Revolution, and on later occasions.

The books for young people say a great deal about the selection of Friends; it is because they really have nothing to say about Friends. They mean associates and confidants merely.

The setting sun is reflected from the windows of the alms-house as brightly as from the rich man's abode.

I know this well, that if one thousand, if one hundred, if ten men whom I could name,--if ten honest men only,--ay, if one HONESTman, in this State of Massachusetts, ceasing to hold slaves, were actually to withdraw from this copartnership, and be locked up in the county jail therefor, it would be the abolition of slavery in America. For it matters not how small the beginning may seem to be: what is once well done is done forever.

It is remarkable how easily and insensibly we fall into a particular route, and make a beaten track for ourselves.