What is acquired without labor is seldom worth acquiring at all.

Sentiment is a disgrace, instead of an ornament, unless it lead us to good actions.

To a generous mind few circumstances are more afflicting than a discovery of perfidy in those whom we have trusted.

What are riches - grandeur - health itself, to the luxury of a pure conscience, the health of the soul; - and what the sufferings of poverty, disappointment, despair - to the anguish of an afflicted one!

When the mind has once begun to yield to the weakness of superstition, trifles impress it with the force of conviction.

Employment is the surest antidote to sorrow.

If the weak hand, that has recorded this tale, has, by its scenes, beguiled the mourner of one hour of sorrow, or, by its moral, taught him to sustain it - the effort, however humble, has not been vain, nor is the writer unrewarded.