The fearful are the failing.

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

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.

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.

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.