Example has more followers than reason. We unconsciously imitate what pleases us, and approximate to the characters we most admire.
We fear things in proportion to our ignorance of them.
The knowledge beyond all other knowledge is the knowledge how to excuse.
The beauty seen is partly in him who sees it.
Contentment is not happiness. An oyster may be contented. Happiness is compounded of richer elements.
Hope is the best part of our riches. What sufficeth it that we have the wealth of the Indies in our pockets, if we have not the hope of heaven in our souls?