The imagination is the secret and marrow of civilization. It is the very eye of faith.
Good-nature is one of the richest fruits of true Christianity.
Cant is the twin sister of hypocrisy.
Flattery is praise insincerely given for an interested purpose.
Public sentiment is to public officers what water is to the wheel of the mill.
Many a man has been dined out of his religion, and his politics, and his manhood, almost.