“ To plant a family! This idea is at the bottom of most of the wrong and mischief which men do. The truth is, that, once in every half century, at longest, a family should be merged into the great, obsc… Nathaniel Hawthorne
“ Herman Melville came to see me at the Consulate, looking much as he used to do (a little paler, and perhaps a little sadder), in a rough outside coat, and with his characteristic gravity and reserve o… Nathaniel Hawthorne
“ Women derive a pleasure, incomprehensible to the other sex, from the delicate toil of the needle. Nathaniel Hawthorne
“ It is not good for man to cherish a solitary ambition. Unless there be those around him, by whose example he may regulate himself, his thoughts, desires, and hopes will become extravagant, and he the… Nathaniel Hawthorne
“ She has lived and loved! There is no folded petal, no latent dewdrop, in this perfectly developed rose! Nathaniel Hawthorne
“ Trusting no man as his friend, he could not recognize his enemy when the latter actually appeared. Nathaniel Hawthorne
“ I find nothing so singular to life as that everything appears to lose its substance the instant one actually grapples with it. Nathaniel Hawthorne
“ Happiness in this world, when it comes, comes incidentally. Make it the object of pursuit, and it leads us a wild-goose chase, and is never attained. Follow some other object, and very possibly we may… Nathaniel Hawthorne
“ Pleasant is a rainy winter's day, within doors! The best study for such a day, or the best amusement,—call it which you will,—is a book of travels, describing scenes the most unlike that sombre one Nathaniel Hawthorne
“ There is something truer and more real, than what we can see with the eyes, and touch with the finger. Nathaniel Hawthorne
“ The horrible ugliness of this exposure of a sick and guilty heart to the very eye that would gloat over it! Nathaniel Hawthorne
“ It is a curious subject of observation and inquiry, whether hatred and love be not the same thing at bottom. Each, in its utmost development, supposes a high degree of intimacy and heart-knowledge; ea… Nathaniel Hawthorne
“ A stale article, if you dip it in a good, warm, sunny smile, will go off better than a fresh one that you've scowled upon. Nathaniel Hawthorne
