One act of beneficence, one act of real usefulness, is worth all the abstract sentiment in the world.
There is some magic in wealth, which can thus make persons pay their court to it, when it does not even benefit themselves.
I never trust people's assertions, I always judge of them by their actions.
Sentiment is a disgrace, instead of an ornament, unless it lead us to good actions.
What is acquired without labor is seldom worth acquiring at all.
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.