Surely happiness is reflective, like the light of heaven.

One point is certain, that truth is one and immutable; until the jurors all agree, they cannot all be right.

The very difference of character in marriage produces a harmonious combination.

In civilized life, where the happiness, and indeed almost the existence, of man depends so much upon the opinion of his fellow men, he is constantly acting a studied part.

Poetry is evidently a contagious complaint.

I have never found, in anything outside of the four walls of my study, an enjoyment equal to sitting at my writing desk with a clean page, a new theme, and a mind awake.

There is an emanation from the heart in genuine hospitality which cannot be described, but is immediately felt and puts the stranger at once at his ease.