Happiness arises in a state of peace, not of tumult.

Fate sits on these dark battlements and frowns, And as the portal opens to receive me, A voice in hollow murmurs through the courts Tells of a nameless deed.

When justice happens to oppose prejudice, we are apt to believe it virtuous to disobey her.

I wish that all those, who on this night are not merry enough to speak before they think, may ever after be grave enough to think before they speak!

To discover depravity in those whom we have loved, is one of the most exquisite tortures to a virtuous mind, and the conviction is often rejected before it is finally admitted.

One act of beneficence, one act of real usefulness, is worth all the abstract sentiment in the world.

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!