"God planted the seeds of all the trees," continued Hetty, after a moment's pause, "and you see to what a height and shade they have grown! So it is with the Bible. You may read a verse this year, and ..."
- James Fenimore Cooper
"No! You stay alive! Submit, do you hear? You're strong, you survive. You stay alive, no matter what occurs! I will find you. No matter how long it takes, no matter how far, I will find you . . . (Hawk..."
"In America the taint of sectarianism lies broad upon the land. Not content with acknowledging the supremacy as the Deity, and with erecting temples in his honor, where all can bow down with reverence,..."
"The novice in the military art flew from point to point, retarding his own preparations by the excess of his violent and somewhat distempered zeal; while the more practiced veteran made his arrangemen..."
"...it should be remembered that men always prize that most which is least enjoyed."
"tis hard to live in a world where all look upon you as below them."
"It's wisest always to be so clad that our friends need not ask us for our names."
"Principles become modified in practise by facts."
"These families you know are our upper crust not upper ten thousand."
"We can all perceive the difference between ourselves and our inferiors but when it comes to a question of the difference between us and our superiors we fail to appreciate merits of which we have no ..."