And the poorest twig on the elm-tree was ridged inch deep with pearl.

A weed is no more than a flower in disguise, Which is seen through at once, if love give a man eyes.

God is the only being who has time enough; but a prudent man, who knows how to seize occasion, can commonly make a shift to find as much as he needs.

Earth's noblest thing,-a woman perfected.

Reading enables us to see with the keenest eyes, to hear with the finest ears, and listen to the sweetest voices of all time.

Our American republic will endure only as long as the ideas of the men who founded it continue dominant.

Old events have modern meanings; only that survives of past history which finds kindred in all hearts and lives.