It is some compensation for great evils, that they enforce great lessons.

There will always be romance in the world so long as there are young hearts in it.

Pure motives do not insure perfect results.

A better principle than this, that "the majority shall rule," is this other, that justice shall rule. "Justice," says the code of Justinian, "is the constant and perpetual desire to render every man his due.

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?

Something of a person's character may be observed by how they smile. Some never smile they only grin.

Discretion is the salt, and fancy the sugar of life; the one preserves, the other sweetens it.