Some Illusions...are The Shadows Of Great Truths.

There Is No Greater Bugbear Than A Strong Willed Relative In The Circle Of His Own Connections.

Last Night, There Came A Frost, Which Has Done Great Damage To My Garden.... It Is Sad That Nature Will Play Such Tricks On Us Poor Mortals, Inviting Us With Sunny Smiles To Confide In Her, And Then, When We Are Entirely Within Her Power, Striking Us To The Heart.

Man Is A Wretch Without Woman; But Woman Is A Monster-and Thank Heaven, An Almost Impossible And Hitherto Imaginary Monster--without Man, As Her Acknowledged Principal!

Families Are Always Rising And Falling In America.

New England Is Quite As Large A Lump Of Earth As My Heart Can Really Take In.