This merriment of parsons is mighty offensive.

Instead of rating the man by his performances, we rate too frequently the performances by the man.

Domestic discord is not inevitably and fatally necessary; but yet it is not easy to avoid.

Advertisements are now so numerous that they are very negligently perused

The superiority of some men is merely local. They are great because their associates are little.

Slavery is now nowhere more patiently endured, than in countries once inhabited by the zealots of liberty.

Friendship, like love, is destroyed by long absence, though it may be increased by short intermissions.