Temptation hath a music for all ears.

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

Maturity is most rapid in the low latitudes, where pineapples and women most do thrive.

Pitch a lucky man into the Nile, says the Arabian proverb, and he will come up with a fish in his mouth!

I have unlearned contempt; it is a sin that is engendered earliest in the soul, and doth beset it like a poison worm feeding on all its beauty.

The innocence that feels no risk and is taught no caution, is more vulnerable than guilt, and oftener assailed.

Gratitude is not only the memory but the homage of the heart- rendered to God for his goodness.