Nature seems to delight in disappointing the assiduities of art, with which it would rear legitimate dulness to maturity; and to glory in the vigour and luxuriance of her chance productions.

There is an enduring tenderness in the love of a mother to a son that trancends all other affections of the heart

There is a remembrance of the dead to which we turn even from the charms of the living.

Every antique farm-house and moss-grown cottage is a picture.

The dance, like most dances after supper, was a merry one; some of the older folks joined in it, and the squire himself figured down several couple with a partner, with whom he affirmed he had danced at every Christmas for nearly half a century.

The dullest observer must be sensible of the order and serenity prevalent in those households where the occasional exercise of a beautiful form of worship in the morning gives, as it were, the keynote to every temper for the day, and attunes every spirit to harmony.

Love is never lost. If not reciprocated, it will flow back and soften and purify the heart.