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

Wisdom can boast no higher attainment than happiness.

I never trust people's assertions, I always judge of them by their actions.

He loved the soothing hour, when the last tints of light die away; when the stars, one by one, tremble through æther, and are reflected on the dark mirror of the waters; that hour, which, of all others, inspires the mind with pensive tenderness, and often elevates it to sublime contemplation.

Ignorance of true pleasure more frequently than temptation to that which is false, leads to vice.

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!

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!