To meet the objections of some inveterate cavillers, I may as well state, that if I dined out occasionally, as I always had done,and I trust shall have opportunities to do again, it was frequently to the detriment of my domestic arrangements.

The child should have the advantage of ignorance as well as of knowledge, and is fortunate if he gets his share of neglect and exposure.

Wherever you have planted a seed, I am prepared to expect wonders.

I have not read far in the statutes of this Commonwealth. It is not profitable reading. They do not always say what is true; and they do not always mean what they say.

The poet is he who can write some pure mythology today without the aid of posterity.

The man who is dissatisfied with himself, what can he do?

Nature, even when she is scant and thin outwardly, satisfies us still by the assurance of a certain generosity at the roots.