Witchcraft is one of the most baseless, absurd, disgusting and silly of all the humbugs.

The noblest art is that of making others happy

Clowns are the pegs on which the circus is hung.

Money-getters are the benefactors of our race. To them ... are we indebted for our institutions of learning, and of art, our academies, colleges and churches.

A lovely nook of forest scenery, or a grand rock, like a beautiful woman, depends for much of its attractiveness upon the attendance sense of freedom from whatever is low; upon a sense of purity and of romance.

The truth is, the more kind and liberal a man is, the more generous will be the patronage bestowed upon him.

Those who really desire to attain an independence, have only set their minds upon it, and adopt the proper means, as they do in regard to any other object which they wish to accomplish, and the thing is easily done.