That admiration of the 'neat but not gaudy,' which is commonly reported to have influenced the devil when he painted his tail pea green.

The essence of lying is in deception, not in words.

Government and cooperation are in all things the laws of life. Anarchy and competition, the laws of death.

See! This our fathers did for us.

When love and skill work together, expect a masterpiece.

They are good furniture pictures, unworthy of praise, and undeserving of blame.

He who has once stood beside the grave, to look back upon the companionship which has been forever closed, feeling how impotent there are the wild love, or the keen sorrow, to give one instant's pleasure to the pulseless heart, or atone in the lowest measure to the departed spirit for the hour of unkindness, will scarcely for the future incur that debt to the heart which can only be discharged to the dust.