A woman who wants a charitable heart wants a pure mind.

Absurdities die of self-strangulation.

Coerced innocence is like an imprisoned lark,--open the door, and it is off forever. The bird that roams through the sky and the groves unrestrained knows how to dodge the hawk and protect itself; but the caged one, the moment it leaves its bars and bolts behind, is pounced upon by the fowler or the vulture.

The happiness of every country depends upon the character of its people, rather than the form of its government.

Ceremony is all backbone.

One of the old philosophers says that it is the part of wisdom to sometimes seem a fool; but in our day there are too many ready-made ones to render this a desirable policy.

Whenever there is authority, there is a natural inclination to disobedience.