The idol of today pushes the hero of yesterday out of our recollection; and will, in turn, be supplanted by his successor of tomorrow.

He who would study nature in its wildness and variety, must plunge into the forest, must explore the glen, must stem the torrent, and dare the precipice.

Others may write from the head, but he writes from the heart, and the heart will always understand him.

Washington, in fact, had very little private life, but was eminently a public character.

He is the true enchanter, whose spell operates, not upon the senses, but upon the imagination and the heart.

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.