Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune; but great minds rise above them.

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.

There is something nobly simple and pure in a taste for the cultivation of forest trees.

There is no character in the comedy of human life more difficult to play well than that of an old bachelor.

From its peaceful bosom spring none but fond regrets and tender recollections.

A woman is more considerate in affairs of love than a man; because love is more the study and business of her life.

It was Shakespeare's notion that on this day birds begin to couple; hence probably arose the custom of sending fancy love-billets.