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

How despicable is that humanity, which can be contented to pity, where it might assuage!

Employment is the surest antidote to sorrow.

There are some few instances in which it is virtuous to disobey.

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.

But no matter for that, you can be tolerably happy, perhaps, notwithstanding; but as for guessing how happy I am, or knowing anything about the matter,--- O! its quite beyond what you can understand.

The world ridicules a passion which it seldom feels; its scenes, and its interests, distract the mind, deprave the taste, corrupt the heart, and love cannot exist in a heart that has lost the meek dignity of innocence.