Keep the imagination sane--that is one of the truest conditions of communion with heaven.

A vast deal of human sympathy runs along the electric line of needlework, stretching from the throne to the wicker chair of the humble seamstress.

In an ancient though not very populous settlement, in a retired corner of one of the New England states, arise the walls of a seminary of learning, which, for the convenience of a name, shall be entitled "Harley College.

It loves more readily than it hates.

There is no greater bugbear than a strong willed relative in the circle of his own connections.

What we call real estate - the solid ground to build a house on - is the broad foundation on which nearly all the guilt of this world rests.

But, irreverently consorting with these grave, reputable, and pious people, these elders of the church, these chaste dames and dewy virgins, there were men of dissolute lives and women of spotted fame, wretches given over to all mean and filthy vice, and suspected even of horrid crimes. It was strange to see that the good shrank not from the wicked, nor were the sinners abashed by the saints.