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After all there is something about a weddinggown prettier than in any other gown in the world.— filed under Apparel
Talk to him of Jacob's ladder, and he would ask the number of steps.— filed under Curiosity
Thoughts. P. 122. He is one of those wise philanthropists who, in a time of famine, would vote for nothing but a supply of toothpicks.— filed under Folly
Gracious Flood. He was so good he would pour rose-water on a toad.— filed under Goodness
In all the wedding cake, hope is the sweetest of the plums.— filed under Hope
From henceforth thou shalt learn that there is love To long for, pureness to desire, a mount Of consecration it were good to scale. JEAN INGELOW A Parson's Letter to a Young Poet. Pt. II. L. 55. Love's like the flies, and, drawing-room or garret, goes all over a house.— filed under Love
Some people are so fond of ill-luck that they run half-way to meet it.— filed under Luck
The ugliest of trades have their moments of pleasure. Now, if I were a grave-digger, or even a hangman, there are some people I could work for with a great deal of enjoyment.— filed under Obscurity
Earth is here so kind, that just tickle her with a hoe and she laughs with a harvest.— filed under Occupations-Agriculture
(Australia.) The life of the husbandman, -a life fed by the bounty of earth and sweetened by the airs of heaven. C.— filed under Occupations-Agriculture
A sermon on a hat: "The hat, my boy, the hat, whatever it may be, is in itself nothingmakes nothing, goes for nothing; but, be sure of it, everything in life depends upon the cock of the hat.' For how many men-we put it to your own experience, reader-have made their way through the thronging crowds that beset fortune, not by the innate worth and excellence of their hats, but simply, as Sampson Piebald has it, by 'the cock of their hats'? The cock's all."— filed under Occupations-Hatters
A pill that at the present moment is daily bread to thousands.— filed under Occupations-Medicine
A piece of simple goodness-a letter gushing from the heart; a beautiful unstudied vindication of the worth and untiring sweetness of human nature-a record of the invulnerability of man, armed with high purpose, sanctified by truth.— filed under Occupations-Post
Jerrold's Wit. The Postman's Budget. A strange volume of real life in the daily packet of the postman. Eternal love and instant payment!— filed under Occupations-Post
Love the sea? I dote upon it-from the beach.— filed under Ocean
Jerrold's Wit. Love of the Sea. Tut! the best thing I know between France and England is the sea.— filed under Ocean
We love peace as we abhor pusillanimity; but not peace at any price. There is a peace more destructive of the manhood of living man than war is destructive of his material body. Chains are worse than bayonets.— filed under Peace
Washington Allston. Reputations, like beavers and cloaks, shall last some people twice the time of others.— filed under Reputation
That fellow would vulgarize the day of judgment.— filed under Scandal
If slander be a snake, it is a winged oneit flies as well as creeps.— filed under Slander
Honest bread is very well-it's the butter that makes the temptation.— filed under Temptation
To the true teacher, time's hour-glass should still run gold-dust.— filed under Time
Some of 'em [virtues] like extinct volcanoes, with a strong memory of fire and brimstone.— filed under Virtue
Pope's trans. As for the brandy, "nothing extenuate"; and the water, put nought in in malice.— filed under Wine And Spirits
Pope's trans. Nothing can be truer than fairy wisdom. It is as true as sunbeams.— filed under Wisdom
Wit, like money, bears an extra value when rung down immediately it is wanted. Men pay severely who require credit.— filed under Wit
The surest way to hit a woman's heart is to take aim kneeling.— filed under Wooing