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

There can be no education without leisure; and without leisure, education is worthless.

the engrossing pursuit of Americans is wealth.

It requires but a few threads of hope, for the heart that is skilled in the secret, to weave a web of happiness.

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

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

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.