The loveliest faces are to be seen by moonlight, when one sees half with the eye and half with the fancy.

Rejecting the miracles of Christ, we still have the miracle of Christ Himself.

The method of the enterprising is to plan with audacity and execute with vigor.

Many children, many cares; no children, no felicity.

Formerly when great fortunes were only made in war, war was a business; but now, when great fortunes are only made by business, business is war.

Melancholy sees the worst of things...[rather than the best]

Love delights in paradoxes. Saddest when it has most reason to be gay, sighs are the signs of its deepest joy, and silence is the expression of its yearning tenderness.