This is one of those instances in which the individual genius is found to consent, as indeed it always does, at last, with the universal.

I had a classmate who fitted for college by the lamps of a lighthouse, which was more light, we think, than the University afforded.

As for health, consider yourself well.

And pray what more can a reasonable man desire, in peaceful times, in ordinary noons, than a sufficient number of ears of green sweet corn boiled, with the addition of salt?

The front aspect of great thoughts can only be enjoyed by those who stand on the side whence they arrive.

We should impart our courage and not our despair.

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