The paternal hearth, the rallying-place of the affections.

To one given to day-dreaming, and fond of losing himself in reveries, a sea-voyage is full of subjects for meditation; but then they are the wonders of the deep and of the air, and rather tend to abstract the mind from worldly themes.

The paternal hearth, the rallying-place of the affections.

Honest good humor is the oil and wine of a merry meeting, and there is no jovial companionship equal to that where the jokes are rather small and laughter abundant.

I profess not to know how women's hearts are wooed and won. To me they have always been matters of riddle and admiration.

A barking dog is often more useful than a sleeping lion.

The oil and wine of merry meeting.