A dog can have a friend; he has affections and character, he can enjoy equally the field and the fireside; he dreams, he caresses, he propitiates; he offends, and is pardoned; he stands by you in adversity; he is a good fellow.

If you are ever at a loss to support a flagging conversation, introduce the subject of eating.

Little eyes must be good-tempered or they are ruined. They have no other resource. But this will beautify them enough. They are made for laughing, and, should do their duty.

Oh for a seat in some poetic nook, Just hid with trees and sparkling with a brook!

An author is like a baker; it is for him to make the sweets, and others to buy and enjoy them.

Anglers boast of the innocence of their pastime; yet it puts fellow-creatures to the torture. They pique themselves on their meditative faculties; and yet their only excuse is a want of thought.

When moral courage feels that it is in the right, there is no personal daring of which it is incapable.