An oyster, that marvel of delicacy, that concentration of sapid excellence, that mouthful bwefore all other mouthfuls, who first had faith to believe it, and courage to execute? The exterior is not persuasive.

There is nothing that makes more cowards and feeble men than public opinion.

We never know how much one loves till we know how much he is willing to endure and suffer for us; and it is the suffering element that measures love. The characters that are great must, of necessity, be characters that shall be willing, patient and strong to endure for others. To hold our nature in the willing service of another is the divine idea of manhood, of the human character.

A boy is a piece of existence quite separate from all things else, and deserves separate chapters in the natural history of men.

When a man can look upon the simple wild-rose, and feel no pleasure, his taste has been corrupted.

October is nature's funeral month. Nature glories in death more than in life. The month of departure is more beautiful than the month of coming - October than May. Every green thin loves to die in bright colors.

Well-married, a man is winged: ill-matched, he is shackled.