I envy your peace of mind, your clean conscience, your unpolluted memory. Little girl, a memory without blot or contamination must be an exquisite treasure - an inexhaustible source of pure refreshment: is it not?

I don't think, sir, that you have a right to command me, merely because you are older than I, or because you have seen more of the world than I have; your clai…

The human and fallible should not arrogate a power with which the divine and perfect alone can be safely intrusted.

It is in vain to say human beings ought to be satisfied with tranquility: they must have action; and they will make it if they cannot find it. Millions are con…

The innocent seldom find an uncomfortable pillow.

And the war rages on in a land called somewhere And Generals order their men to kill And to fight for a cause theyve long ago forgotten While a little cloud we…

Oh, the moon is fair tonight along the Wabash, From the fields there comes the breath of new-mown hay; Through the sycamores the candle lights are gleaming On …