the engrossing pursuit of Americans is wealth.

Happiness is, in truth, a very cheap thing, when the heart will be contented to traffic with nature - art has quite a different price.

There are few sensations more painful, than, in the midst of deep grief, to know that the season which we have always associated with mirth and rejoicing is at hand.

Riches are always over estimated; the enjoyment they give is more in the pursuit than the possession.

The most welcome guest in society will ever be the one to whose mind everything is a suggestion, and whose words suggest something to everybody.

There is no impossibility to him who stands prepared to conquer every hazard. The fearful are the failing.

Do not, as you value the health and happiness of those who sit at your table, place before them hot leavened bread or biscuit.