Miss Edgeworth and Mme. de Stael have proved that there is no sex in style; and Mme. la Roche Jacqueline, and the Duchesse d'Angouleme have proved that there is no sex in courage.

The seeds of repentance are sown in youth by pleasure, but the harvest is reaped in age by pain.

Like the rainbow, peace rests upon the earth, but its arch is lost in heaven. Heaven bathes it in hues of light--it springs up amid tears and clouds--it is a reflection of the eternal sun--it is an assurance of calm--it is the sign of a great covenant between God and man--it is an emanation from the distant orb of immortal light.

He that has energy enough to root out a vice should go further, and try to plant a virtue in its place.

Secrecy is the soul of all great designs.

Man is an embodied paradox, a bundle of contradictions.

If we look backwards to antiquity it should be as those that are winning a race.