There is a noble forgetfulness-that which does not remember injuries.

Good intentions are very mortal and perishable things. Like very mellow and choice fruit, they are difficult to keep.

It is only the constant exertion and working of our sensitive, intellectual, moral, and physical machinery that keeps us from rusting, and so becoming useless.

Infidelity is seated in the heart; its origin is not in the head. It is the wish that Christianity might not be true, that leads to an argument to prove it.

There is a noble forgetfulness-that which does not remember injuries.

If you would reform the world from its errors and vices, begin by enlisting the mothers.

Accurate knowledge is the basis of correct opinions; the want of it makes the opinions of most people of little value.