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

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.

For society, of all places I have ever been, Norwich is the best.

Give me a room whose every nook is dedicated to a book.

There is another world for all that live and move-a better one!

I cannot believe in an eternity of hell. I hope God will forgive me if I err; but in this matter I cannot say, "Lord help my unbelief."

Thou hast been called, O sleep, the friend of woe, But 'tis the happy that have called thee so.