A horrible sense of blackness and the treachery of fate seized hold upon the soul of the unhappy student.

It is not so much for its beauty that the forest makes a claim upon men's hearts, as for that subtle something, that quality of air that emanation from old trees, that so wonderfully changes and renews a weary spirit.

The first experience can never be repeated. The first love, the first sun-rise, the first South Sea Island, are memories apart, and touched a virginity of sense.

Benjamin Franklin went through life an altered man because he once paid too dearly for a penny whistle. My concern springs usually from a deeper source, to wit, from having bought a whistle when I did not want one.

Let any man speak long enough, he will get believers.

The person who has stopped being thankful has fallen asleep in life.

Jekyll had more than a father's interest; Hyde had more than a son's indifference.