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

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

Nature's noblemen are everywhere,--in town and out of town, gloved and rough-handed, rich and poor. Prejudice against a lord, because he is a lord, is losing the chance of finding a good fellow, as much as prejudice against a ploughman because he is a ploughman.

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

The highest triumph of art, is the truest presentation of nature.

Flirtation is a circulating library, in which we seldom ask twice for the same volume.

Vulgarity is more obvious in satin than in homespun.