The little eels in vinegar, and the animalcules in pepper-water, I believe, are quarrelsome.

The bees are as warlike as the Romans, Russians, Britons, or Frenchmen.

Ants, caterpillars, and canker-worms are the only tribes among whom I have not seen battles; and Heaven itself, if we believe Hindoos, Jews, Christians, and Mahometans, has not always been at peace.
We need not trouble ourselves about these things, nor fret ourselves because of evil doers; but safely trust the 'Ruler with his skies.' Nor need we dread the approach of dotage; let it come if it must.

******, it seems, still delights in his four stories; and Starke remembered to the last his Bennington, and exulted in his glory; the worst of the evil is, that our friends will suffer more by our imbecility than we ourselves.
* * * * * * * * * "In wishing for your health and happiness, I am very selfish; for I hope for more letters.

This is worth more than five hundred dollars to me; for it has already given me, and will continue to give me, more pleasure than a thousand.