Washington, in fact, had very little private life, but was eminently a public character.
A barking dog is often more useful than a sleeping lion.
There is a certain relief in change, even though it be from bad to worse.
The Indians with surprise found the mouldering trees of their forests suddenly teeming with ambrosial sweet; and nothing, I am told, can exceed the greedy relish with which they banquet for the first time upon this unbought luxury of the wilderness.
I've had it with you and your emotional constipation!
Nothing impresses the mind with a deeper feeling of loneliness than to tread the silent and deserted scene of former throng and pageant.