This is a speculating and selfish age; and to think 'money will answer all things,' is too much the characteristic of Americans.

many tender, delicate mothers, seem to think that to make their children eat, is all that is requisite to make them great.

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

Crackers, toasted or hard bread may be added a short time before the soup is wanted; but do not put in those libels on civilized cookery, called DUMPLINGS! One might about as well eat, with the hope of digesting, a brick from the ruins of Babylon, as one of the hard, heavy masses of boiled dough which usually pass under this name.

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

Why is it that water, so monotonous in its characteristics, should nevertheless possess a charm for every mind? I believe it is chiefly because it bears the impress of the Creator, which we feel neither the power of time or of man can efface or alter.

A man is never more satisfied than when he is confirming a favorite theory.