THE most fugitive deed

and word, the mere

air of doing a thing, the

intimated purpose,

ex

presses character.

LET us suck the sweetness of those affections

and consuetudes that grow

near us. Those old shoes are easy to the feet.

ANY deference to some

eminent man or wo

man of the world, forfeits all privilege of nobility. He is an underling: I have nothing to do with him; I will speak with his master.

THE accepted and be

trothed lover has lost the wildest charm of his maiden in her acceptance

of him.

EVERY thought which genius and piety throw into the world, alters the world.

IN any controversy concerning morals, an appeal may be made with safety to the sentiments which the language of the people expresses.

MONEY, which represents the prose of

life, and which is hardly spoken of in parlors without an apology, is, in its effects and laws, as beautiful as roses.

EVERY man is wanted,

and no man is wanted much. We came this time for condiments, not for

corn.