The fearful are the failing.

It is a bad business, dealing in lottery tickets ... Riches got in such a hasty manner never wear well.

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.

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

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

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

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