As sure as God is good, so surely there is no such thing as necessary evil.

The history of any private family, however humble, could it be fully related for five or six generations, would illustrate the state and progress of society better than the most elaborate dissertation.

The pulpit is a clergyman's parade; the parish is his field of active service.

Beware of those who are homeless by choice! You have no hold on human being whose affections are without a top-root!

A fastidious taste is like a squeamish appetite; the one has its origin in some disease of the mind, as the other has in some ailment of the stomach.

A house is never perfectly furnished for enjoyment unless there is a child in it rising three years old, and a kitten rising three weeks.

My notions of life are much the same as they are about traveling; there is a good deal of amusement on the road; but, after all, one wants to be at rest.