The lapse of ages changes all things - time, language, the earth, the bounds of the sea, the stars of the sky, and every thing about, around, and underneath man, except man himself.

A material resurrection seems strange and even absurd except for purposes of punishment, and all punishment which is to revenge rather than correct must be morally wrong, and when the World is at an end, what moral or warning purpose can eternal tortures answer?

So much alarmed that she is quite alarming

One of the pleasures of reading old letters is the knowledge that they need no answer.

Though sages may pour out their wisdom's treasure, there is no sterner moralist than pleasure.

I would rather have a nod from an American, than a snuff- box from an emperor.

Our life is two fold Sleep hath its own world, A boundary between the things misnamed Death and existence Sleep hath its own world, And a wide realm of wild reality.