The night is made for tenderness,--so still that the low whisper, scarcely audible, is heard like music,--and so deeply pure that the fond thought is chastened as it springs and on the lip made holy.

The smallest pebble in the well of truth has its peculiar meaning, and will stand when man's best monuments have passed away.

There is a gentle element, and man may breathe it with a calm, unruffled soul, and drink its living waters, till his heart is pure; and this is human happiness.

Gentleness is the great point to be obtained in the study of manners.

Vulgarity is more obvious in satin than in homespun.

The expressive word "quiet" defines the dress, manners, bow, and even physiognomy of every true denizen of St. James and Bond street.

I knelt, and with the fervor of a lip unused to the cool breath of reason, told my love.