To make the cunning artless, tame the rude, subdue the haughty, shake the undaunted soul; yea, put a bridle in the lion's mouth, and lead him forth as a domestic cur,--these are the triumphs of all-powerful beauty.

Time never bears such moments on his wing as when he flies too swiftly to be marked.

A woman is seldom roused to great and courageous exertion but when something most dear to her is in immediate danger.

Half-uttered praise is to the curious mind, as to the eye half-veiled beauty is, more precious than the whole.

To struggle when hope is banished! To live when life's salt is gone! To dwell in a dream that's vanished! To endure, and go calmly on! The brave man is not he who feels no fear, For that were stupid and irrational; But he, whose noble soul its fear subdues, And bravely dares the danger nature shrinks from.

I wish I were with some of the wild people that run in the woods, and know nothing about accomplishments!

It is so seldom that a young fellow has any inclination for the company of an old man. . .