The chief value of the new fact is to enhance the great and constant fact of life.

Cannot we let [children] be themselves, and enjoy life in their own way? You are trying to make another you. One's enough.

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

The Nonchalance of boys who are sure of a dinner, and would disdain as much as a lord to do or say aught to conciliate one, is the healthy attitude of human nature.

Each religious sect has its own physiognomy. The Methodists have acquired a face; the Quakers, a face; the nuns, a face. An Englishman will pick out a dissenter by his manners.

Genius has no taste for weaving sand.

In the country, without any interference from the law, the agricultural life favors the permanence of families.