Wisdom can boast no higher attainment than happiness.

Employment is the surest antidote to sorrow.

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

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.

What is acquired without labor is seldom worth acquiring at all.

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!