The angels are so enamored of the language that is spoken in heaven that they will not distort their lips with the hissing and unmusical dialects of men, but speak their own, whether their be any who understand it or not.

If the single man plant himself indomitably on his instincts, and there abide, the huge world will come round to him.

Romeo, of dead, should be cut up into little stars to make the heavens fine. Life, with this pair, has no other aim, asks no more,than Juliet,--than Romeo.

Sugar is not so sweet to the palate as sound to the healthy ear.

The only thing grief has taught me is to know how shallow it is.

A garden has this advantage, that it makes it indifferent where you live. A well-laid garden makes the face of the country of no account; let that be low or high, grand or mean, you have made a beautiful abode worthy of man.

Give no bounties: make equal laws: secure life and prosperity and you need not give alms.