It is with flowers as with moral qualities; the bright are sometimes poisonous; but, I believe, never the sweet.

The intellect of the wise is like glass; it admits the light of heaven and reflects it.

A statesman, we are told, should follow public opinion. Doubtless, as a coachman follows his horses; having firm hold on the reins and guiding them.

To Adam Paradise was home. To the good among his descendants home is paradise.

Friendship closes its eye rather than see the moon eclipsed; while malice denies that it is ever at the full.

Only when the voice of duty is silent, or when it has already spoken, may we allowably think of the consequences of a particular action.

What a person praises is perhaps a surer standard, even than what he condemns, of his own character, information and abilities.