Never will I give my hand where my heart does not accompany it.
Wisdom can boast no higher attainment than happiness.
What is acquired without labor is seldom worth acquiring at all.
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.
When one can hear people moving, one does not so much mind, about one's fears.
One act of beneficence, one act of real usefulness, is worth all the abstract sentiment in the world.