Both the ancestry and posterity of Grief go further than the ancestry and posterity of Joy.

There is sorrow in the world, but goodness too; and goodness that is not greenness, either, no more than sorrow is.

What is an atheist, but one who does not, or will not, see in the universe a ruling principle of love; and what a misanthrope, but one who does not, or will not, see in man a ruling principle of kindness?

If some books are deemed most baneful and their sale forbid, how then with deadlier facts, not dreams of doting men? Those whom books will hurt will not be proof against events. Events, not books should be forbid.

If there be any thing a man might well pray against, that thing is the responsive gratification of some of the devoutest prayers of his youth.

We are off! The courses and topsails are set: the coral-hung anchor swings from the bow: and together, the three royals are given to the breeze, that follows us out to sea like the baying of a hound.

He says NO! In thunder; but the Devil himself cannot make him say yes.