There is a certain relief in change, even though it be from bad to worse; as I have found in travelling in a stage- coach, that it is often a ...
The almighty dollar, that great object of universal devotion.
A woman's whole life is a history of the affections. The heart is her world: it is there her ambition strives for empire; it is there her avar...
There is in every true woman's heart a spark of heavenly fire, which lies dormant in the broad daylight of prosperity; but which kindles up, and beams and blazes in the dark hour of adversity.
Great minds have purposes; others have wishes.
There is a serene and settled majesty to woodland scenery that enters into the soul and delights and elevates it, and fills it with noble inclinations.
The idol of today pushes the hero of yesterday out of our recollection; and will, in turn, be supplanted by his successor of tomorrow.
The sorrow for the dead is the only sorrow from which we refuse to be divorced. Every other wound we seek to heal -- every other affliction to forget: but this wound we consider it a duty to keep open -- this affliction we cherish and brood over in solitude.
Rising genius always shoots out its rays from among the clouds, but these will gradually roll away and disappear as it ascends to its steady luster.
There is a healthful hardiness about real dignity that never dreads contact and communion with others however humble.
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