The sweetest joys of life grow in the very jaws of its perils.

Let me look into a human eye; it is better than to gaze into sea or sky; better than to gaze upon God.

Some years ago - never mind how long precisely - having little or no money in my purse, and nothing particular to interest me on shore, I thought I would sail about a little and see the watery part of the world.

When a companion's heart of itself overflows, the best one can do is to do nothing.

When my eye rested on an arid height, spirit partook of the barrenness. - Heartily wish Niebuhr & Strauss to the dogs. The deuce take their penetration & acumen. They have robbed us of the bloom.

The easiest way of life is the best.

Struck dead by an angel of God! Yet the angel must hang!