Night is certainly more novel and less profane than day.

Is the babe young? When I behold it, it seems more venerable than the oldest man.

There is more of good nature than of good sense at the bottom of most marriages.

It is not part of a true culture to tame tigers, any more than it is to make sheep ferocious.

Thaw with her gentle persuasion is more powerful than Thor with his hammer. The one melts, the other breaks into pieces.

A man's interest in a single bluebird is worth more than a complete but dry list of the fauna and flora of a town.