I like to be beholden to the great metropolitan English speech, the sea which receives tributaries from every region under heaven.

It is rare to find a man who believes in his own thoughts or speaks that which he is created to say. As nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing, so nothing is more rare in any man than an act of his own...feel yourself, and be not daunted by things...The light by which we see this world comes out from the soul of the observer.

The only joy in his being mine, is that the not mine is mine.

If we tire of the saints, Shakspeare is our city of refuge.

Let a man then know his worth and keep things under his feet.

The rule for hospitality and Irish "help," is, to have the same dinner every day throughout the year. At last, Mrs. O'Shaughnessylearns to cook it to a nicety, the host learns to carve it, and the guests are well served.

There comes a period of the imagination to each--a later youth--the power of beauty, the power of looks, of poetry.