All profound truths startle you in the first announcement.

In sad truth, half our forebodings of our neighbors are but our own wishes, which we are ashamed to utter in any other form.

in came ... a baby, eloquent as infancy usually is, and like most youthful orators, more easily heard than understood.

How disappointment tracks the steps of hope.

who has not experienced, at some time or other, that words had all the relief of tears?

to the many, witticisms not only require to be explained, like riddles, but are also like new shoes, which people require to wear many times before they get accustomed to them.

Thou know'st how fearless is my trust in thee.