Kitten is in the animal world what the rosebud is in the garden; the one the most beautiful of all young creatures, the other the loveliest of all opening flowers.

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

It is with words as with sunbeams - the more they are condensed, the deeper they burn.

From his brimstone bed, at break of day, A-walking the Devil is gone, To look at his little snug farm of the World, And see how his stock went on.

That charity is bad which takes from independence its proper pride, from mendicity its salutary shame.

To a resolute mind, wishing to do is the first step toward doing. But if we do not wish to do a thing it becomes impossible.

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