The pie should be eaten "while it is yet florescent, white or creamy yellow, with the merest drip of candied juice along the edges, (as if the flavor were so good to itself that its own lips watered!) of a mild and modest warmth, the sugar suggesting jelly, yet not jellied, the morsels of apple neither dissolved nor yet in original substance, but hanging as it were in a trance between the spirit and the flesh of applehood...then, O blessed man, favored by all the divinities! eat, give thanks, and go forth, 'in apple-pie order!'"
Henry Ward BeecherThe most miserable pettifogging in the world is that of a man in the court of his own consciences.
Henry Ward BeecherI think you might dispense with half your doctors if you would only consult Dr. Sun more.
Henry Ward BeecherWeak minds may be injured by novel-reading; but sensible people find both amusement and instruction therein.
Henry Ward Beecher