To be a born American citizen seems a guarantee against pauperism; and this, perhaps, springs from the virtue of a vote.

Not one man in five cycles, who is wise, will expect appreciative recognition from his fellows, or any one of them.

It is not the purpose of literature to purvey news. For news consult the Almanac de Gotha.

If Shakespeare has not been equalled, he is sure to be surpassed, and surpassed by an American born now or yet to be born.

In childhood, death stirred me not; in middle age, it pursued me like a prowling bandit on the road; now, grown an old man, it boldly leads the way, and ushers me on.

Civilization has not ever been the brother of equality. Freedom was born among the wild eyries in the mountains; and barbarous tribes have sheltered under her wings, when the enlightened people of the plain have nestled under different pinions.

Where lies the final harbor, whence we unmoor no more?