Those who are well assured of their own standing are least apt to trespass on that of others, whereas nothing is so offensive as the aspirings of vulgarity which thinks to elevate itself by humiliating its neighbor.

Great minds have purposes; others have wishes.

There is a certain relief in change, even though it be from bad to worse.

A tart temper never mellows with age, and a sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use.

The almighty dollar, that great object of universal devotion throughout our land, seems to have no genuine devotees in these peculiar villages.

It is the divine attribute of the imagination, that it is irrepressible, unconfinable; that when the real world is shut out, it can create a world for itself, and with a necromantic power can conjure up glorious shapes and forms, and brilliant visions to make solitude populous, and irradiate the gloom of a dungeon.

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