"With all, the beautiful things of the earth become more dear as they elude pursuit; but with some natures utter elusi…"

"It is commonly said that no man was ever converted by argument, but there is a single one which will make any Laodice…"

"To dwellers in a wood almost every species of tree has its voice as well as its feature. At the passing of the breeze…"

"Good, but not religious-good."

"For of all the miseries attaching to miserable love, the worst is the misery of thinking that the passion which is th…"

"Or, to state his character as it stood in the scale of public opinion, when his friends and critics were in tantrums,…"

"The sovereign brilliancy of Sirius pierced the eye with a steely glitter, the star called Capella was yellow, Aldebar…"

"To find themselves utterly alone at night where company is desirable and expected makes some people fearful; but a ca…"

"Love is a possible strength, in an actual weakness. Marriage transforms a distraction into a support, the power of wh…"

"To discover evil in a new friend is to most people only an additional experience."