The morning cup of coffee has an exhilaration about it which the cheering influence of the afternoon or evening cup of tea cannot be expected to reproduce.

Death tugs at my ear and says, 'Live. I am coming.

Fresh air is good if you do not take too much of it; most of the achievements and pleasures of life are in bad air.

The very aim and end of our institutions is just this: that we may think what we like and say what we think.

Controversy equalizes fools and wise men in the same way - and the fools know it.

I would never use a long word, even, where a short one would answer the purpose.

The year is getting to feel rich, for his golden fruits are ripening fast, and he has a large balance in the barns, which are his banks. The members of his family have found out that he is well to do in the world. September is dressing herself in show of dahlias and splendid marigolds and starry zinnias. October, the extravagant sister, has ordered an immense amount of the most gorgeous forest tapestry for her grand reception.