We really cannot see what equanimity there is in jerking a lacerated carp out of the water by the jaws, merely because it has no the power of making a noise; for we presume that the most philosophic of anglers would hardly delight in catching a shrieking fish.

May exalting and humanizing thoughts forever accompany me, making me confident without pride, and modest without servility.

A pleasure so exquisite as almost to amount to pain.

The only place a new hat can be carried into with safety is a church, for there is plenty of room there.

Colors are the smiles of nature.

Table talk, to be perfect, should be sincere without bigotry, differing without discord, sometimes grave, always agreeable, touching on deep points, dwelling most on seasonable ones, and letting everybody speak and be heard.

Light is, perhaps, the most wonderful of all visible things.