There is something in the decay of nature that awakens thought, even in the most trifling mind.

Among those kinds of food which the good housekeeper should scrupulously banish from her table, is that of hot leavened bread....I believe it more often lays the foundation of diseases of the stomach, than any other kind of nourishment, used among us.

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

The temple of our purest thoughts is silence.

What a ready passport wealth gives its possessor to the good opinions of this world!

What in the rising man was industry and economy, becomes in the rich man parsimony and avarice.

Water is the grand epic of creation; and there is not a human soul but feels the influence of its majesty, its power, or its beauty.