It is only an error of judgment to make a mistake, but it argues an infirmity of character to adhere to it when discovered.

He half retrieves a defeat who yields to it gracefully.

Character is very much a matter of health.

Mortal beauty stings while it delights.

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

Love's sweetest meanings are unspoken; the full heart knows no rhetoric of words.

Weakness ineffectually seeks to disguise itself,--like a drunken man trying to show how sober he is.