God forgive me for having thought it possible that a schoolmaster could be out and out a rational being.
Hail to the Chief who in triumph advances!
Ridicule often checks what is absurd, and fully as often smothers that which is noble.
It was woman that taught me cruelty, and on woman therefore I have exercised it.
He that follows the advice of reason has a mind that is elevated above the reach of injury; that sits above the clouds, in a calm and quiet ether, and with a brave indifferency hears the rolling thunders grumble and burst under his feet.
I have sometimes thought of the final cause of dogs having such short lives and I am quite satisfied it is in compassion to the human race; for if we suffer so much in losing a dog after an acquaintance of ten or twelve years, what would it be if they were to live double that time?