Battles, unlike bargains, are rarely discussed in society.

The disposition of all power is to abuses, nor does it at all mend the matter that its possessors are a majority.

The sun had not risen, but the vault of heaven was rich with the winning, softness that "brings and shuts the day," while the whole air was filled with the carols of birds, the hymns of the feathered tribe.

An interesting fiction... however paradoxical the assertion may appear... addresses our love of truth- not the mere love of facts expressed by true names and dates, but the love of that higher truth, the truth of nature and principals, which is a primitive law of the human mind.

America owes most of its social prejudices to the exaggerated religious opinions of the different sects which were so instrumental in establishing the colonies.

Whenever the government of the United States shall break up, it will probably be in consequence of a false direction having been given to public opinion.

The expanse of the ocean is seldom seen by the novice with indifference.