Articulate words are a harsh clamor and dissonance. When man arrives at his highest perfection, he will again be dumb!
Nathaniel Hawthorne Quotes
Such has often been my apathy, when objects long sought, and earnestly desired, were placed within my reach.
By this time, it being past eleven o’clock, the two bar-keepers of the saloon were in pretty constant activity. One of these young men had a rare faculty in the concoction of gin-cocktails. It was a spectacle to behold, how, with a tumbler in each hand, he tossed the contents from one to the other. […]
Caresses, expressions of one sort or another, are necessary to the life of the affections as leaves are to the life of a tree. If they are wholly restrained, love will die at the roots.
From principles is derived probability, but truth or certainty is obtained only from facts.
