Of all nature's animated kingdoms, fish are the most unchristian, inhospitable, heartless, and cold-blooded of creatures.

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

The western spirit is, or will yet be (for no other is, or can be) the true American one.

The only ugliness is that of the heart, seen through the face. And though beauty be obvious, the only loveliness is invisible.

But even so, amid the tornadoed Atlantic of my being, do I myself still for ever centrally disport in mute calm; and while ponderous planets of unwaning woe revolve round me, deep down and deep inland there I still bathe me in eternal mildness of joy.

Strange as it may seem, there is nothing in which a young and beautiful female appears to more advantage than in the art of smoking.

Let us pray that the great historic tragedy of our time may not have been enacted without instructing our whole beloved country through terror and pity; and may fulfillment verify in the end those expectations which kindle the bards of Progress and Humanity.