Nothing good bursts forth all at once. The lightning may dart out of a black cloud; but the day sends his bright heralds before him, to prepare the world for his coming.
The intellect of the wise is like glass; it admits the light of heaven and reflects it.
Nothing is farther than earth from heaven; nothing is nearer than heaven to earth.
The greatest truths are the simplest, and so are the greatest men.
Pity is like eating mustard without beef.
It is with flowers as with moral qualities; the bright are sometimes poisonous; but, I believe, never the sweet.