As for murmurs, mother, we grumble a little now and then, to be sure; but there's no love lost between us.

If frugality were established in the state, and if our expenses were laid out to meet needs rather than superfluities of life, there might be fewer wants, and even fewer pleasures, but infinitely more happiness.

Modesty seldom resides in a breast that is not enriched with nobler virtues.

Sweet Auburn, loveliest village of the plain.

Silence gives consent.

People seek within a short span of life to satisfy a thousand desires, each of which is insatiable.

There are but few talents requisite to become a popular preacher; for the people are easily pleased if they perceive any endeavors in the orator to please them. The meanest qualifications will work this effect if the preacher sincerely sets about it.