A bodily disease which we look upon as whole and entire within itself, may after all, be but a symptom of some ailment in the spiritual part.

What a happy and holy fashion it is that those who love one another should rest on the same pillow.

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.

Writing can come naturally to some. Still, when it comes to good writing, this is true: Easy reading is damn hard writing.

Happiness in this world, when it comes, comes incidentally. Make it the object of pursuit, and it leads us a wild-goose chase, and is never attained. Follow some other object, and very possibly we may find that we have caught happiness without dreaming of it.

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

The moment when a man's head drops off is seldom or never, I am inclined to think, precisely the most agreeable of his life.