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.

There is no such thing in man's nature as a settled and full resolve either for good or evil, except at the very moment of execution.

Caresses, expressions of one sort or another, are necessary to the life of the affections as leaves are to the life of a tree. If they are wholly restrained, love will die at the roots.

Accuracy is twin brother to honesty, and inaccuracy to dishonesty.

Do anything, save to lie down and die!

Labor is the curse of the world, and nobody can meddle with it without becoming proportionately brutalized.

The heart of true womanhood knows where its own sphere is, and never seeks to stray beyond it!