Crush humanity out of shape once more, under similar hammers, and it will twist itself into the same tortured forms. Sow the same seeds of rapacious licence and oppression over again, and it will surely yield the same fruit according to its kind.

Cheerfulness and contentment are great beautifiers, and are famous preservers of good looks.

What lawsuits grow out of the graves of rich men, every day; sowing perjury, hatred, and lies among near kindred, where there should be nothing but love!

Subdue your appetites, my dears, and you've conquered human nature .

The haggard aspect of the little old man was wonderfully suited to the place; he might have groped among old churches and tombs and deserted houses and gathered all the spoils with his own hands. There was nothing in the whole collection but was in keeping with himself nothing that looked older or more worn than he.

Let me feel now what sharp distress I may.

A man in public life expects to be sneered at -- it is the fault of his elevated situation, and not of himself.