It behooves us always to bear in mind, that while actions are always to be judged by the immutable standard of right and wrong, the judgments which we pass upon men must be qualified by considerations of age, country, station, and other accidental circumstances; and it will then be found that he who is most charitable in his judgment is generally the least unjust.

What will not woman, gentle woman dare; when strong affection stirs her spirit up?

Love is indestructible, Its holy flame forever burneth; From heaven it came, to heaven returneth.

In the days of my youth I remembered my God! And He hath not forgotten my age.

There are some readers who have never read an essay on taste; and if they take my advice they never will, for they can no more improve their taste by so doing than they could improve their appetite or digestion by studying a cookery-book.

Take away love, and not physical nature only, but the heart of the moral world, would be palsied.

My days among the dead are passed; Around me I behold, Where'er these casual eyes are cast, The mighty minds of old; My never-failing friends are they, With whom I converse day by day.