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.

Superstition is a quality that seems indigenous to the ocean.

On the human imagination, events produce the effects of time. Thus, he who has travelled far and seen much, is apt to fancy that he has lived long; and the history that most abounds in important incidents, soonest assumes the aspect of antiquity.

Whatever may be the changes produced by man, the eternal round of the seasons is unbroken.

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

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

It is the fate of all things to ripen, and then to decay.