Beauty is the pilot of the young soul.

Let him be great, and love shall follow him. Nothing is more deeply punished than the neglect of the affinities by which alone society should be formed, and the insane levity of choosing associates by others eyes.

One of the illusions of life is that the present hour is not the critical, decisive one.

Nothing can be more delicate without being fantastical, nothing more firm and based in nature and sentiment, than the courtship and mutual carriage of the sexes.

What new thoughts are suggested by seeing a face of country quite familiar, in the rapid movement of the rail-road car!

Every book is good to read which sets the reader in a working mood.

I am become a transparent eyeball.