The almighty dollar, that great object of universal devotion.

I have often had occasion to remark the fortitude with which women sustain the most overwhelming reverses of fortunes.

It is almost startling to hear this warning of departed time sounding among the tombs, and telling the lapse of the hour, which, like a billow, has rolled us onward towards the grave.

after a man passes 60 , his mischief is mainly in his head

The dullest observer must be sensible of the order and serenity prevalent in those households where the occasional exercise of a beautiful form of worship in the morning gives, as it were, the keynote to every temper for the day, and attunes every spirit to harmony.

A father may turn his back on his child, … . but a mother's love endures through all.

Small minds are subdued by misfortunes, greater minds overcome them.