What a person praises is perhaps a surer standard, even than what he condemns, of his own character, information and abilities.
Augustus HareThe power of faith will often shine forth the most when the character is naturally weak.
Augustus HareA mother should give her children a superabundance of enthusiasm; that after they have lost all they are sure to lose on mixing with the world, enough may still remain to prompt fated support them through great actions.
Augustus Hare