Be it remembered that man subsists upon the air more than upon his meat and drink; but no one can exist for an hour without a copious supply of air. The atmosphere which some breathe is contaminated and adulterated, and with its vital principles so diminished that it cannot fully decarbonize the blood, nor fully excite the nervous system.

Fairy roses, fairy rings, turn out sometimes troublesome things.

Taste is something quite different from fashion, superior to fashion.

Are not there little chapters in everybody's life, that seem to be nothing, and yet affect all the rest of the history?

For my part, I believe that remorse is the least active of all a man's moral senses,--the very easiest to be deadened when wakened, and in some never wakened at all.

The tallest and the smallest among us are so alike diminutive and pitifully base, it is a meanness to calculate the difference.

Certain it is that scandal is good brisk talk, whereas praise of one's neighbor is by no means lively hearing. An acquaintance grilled, scored, devilled, and served with mustard and cayenne pepper excites the appetite; whereas a slice of cold friend with currant jelly is but a sickly, unrelishing meat.