God is liberal of color; so should man be.

Of all the preposterous assumptions of humanity over humanity, nothing exceeds most of the criticisms made on the habits of the poor by the well-housed, well- warmed, and well-fed.

That nameless and infinitely delicate aroma of inexpressible tenderness and attentiveness which, in every refined and honorable attachment, is contemporary with the courtship, and precedes the final banns and the rite; but which, like the bouquet of the costliest German wines, too often evaporates upon pouring love out to drink, in the disenchanting glasses of the matrimonial days and nights.

Life’s a voyage that’s homeward bound.

In their precise tracings-out and subtle causations, the strongest and fieriest emotions of life defy all analytical insight.

There's magic in the water that draws all men away form the land, that leads them over hills, down creeks and streams and rivers to the sea.

In thoughts of the visions of the night, I saw long rows of angels in paradise, each with his hands in a jar of spermaceti.