Day after day, day after day, We stuck, nor breath nor motion; As idle as a painted ship Upon a painted ocean.

May all the stars hang bright above her dwelling, Silent as though they watched the sleeping earth!

Why is it that so many of us persist in thinking that autumn is a sad season? Nature has merely fallen asleep, and her dreams must be beautiful if we are to judge by her countenance.

Silence does not always mark wisdom.

It [is] very unfair to influence a child's mind by inculcating any opinions before it [has] come to years of discretion to choose for itself.

Intense study of the Bible will keep any writer from being vulgar, in point of style.

The principle of the Gothic architecture is infinity made imaginable.