Why do they always put mud into coffee on board steamers? Why does the tea generally taste of boiled boots?

The thorn in the cushion of the editorial chair.

No particular motive for living, except the custom and habit of it.

And in those varieties of pain of which we spoke anon, what a part of confidante has that poor teapot played ever since the kindly plant was introduced among us! What myriads of women have cried over it, to be sure! What sickbeds it has smoked by! What fevered lips have received refreshment from out of it! Nature meant very gently by women when she made that teaplant; and with a little thought what a series of pictures and groups the fancy may conjure up and assemble round the teapot and cup!

Come children, let us shut up the box and the puppets, for our play is played out.

If a man has committed wrong in life, I don't know any moralist more anxious to point his errors out to the world than his own relations.

Next to eating good dinners, a healthy man with a benevolent turn of mind, must like, I think, to read about them.