It is only by softening and disguising dead flesh by culinary preparation that it is rendered susceptible of mastication or digestion, and that the sight of its bloody juices and raw horror does not excite intolerable loathing and disgust.

Men must reap the things they sow, Force from force must ever flow.

The moon of Mahomet Arose, and it shall set; While, blazoned as on heaven's immortal noon, The cross leads generations on.

Peter was dull; he was at first Dull; - Oh, so dull - so very dull! Whether he talked, wrote, or rehearsed - Still with his dulness was he cursed - Dull -beyond all conception - dull.

All of us who are worth anything, spend our manhood in unlearning the follies, or expiating the mistakes of our youth.

The cloud shadows of midnight possess their own repose.

A poet is a nightingale, who sits in darkness and sings to cheer its own solitude with sweet sounds.