Many an honest man practices upon himself an amount of deceit sufficient, if practised upon another, and in a little different way, to send him to the state prison.

Complaint is. more contemptible than pitiful.

Women seldom forfeit their claims to respect to men whom they respect.

The loss of a beloved connection awakens an interest in Heaven before unfelt.

It is ever the invisible that is the object of our profoundest worship. With the lover it is not the seen but the unseen that he muses upon.

An eager pursuit of fortune is inconsistent with a severe devotion to truth. The heart must grow tranquil before the thought can become searching.

Tears are nature's lotion for the eyes. The eyes see better for being washed by them.