Pure motives do not insure perfect results.

Cheerfulness is an offshoot of goodness and of wisdom.

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

We may learn from children how large a part of our grievances is imaginary. But the pain is just as real.

There are some weaknesses that are peculiar and distinctive to generous characters, as freckles are to a fair skin.

Even when we fancy we have grown wiser, it is only, it may be, that new prejudices have displaced old ones.

Passion looks not beyond the moment of its existence. Better, it says, the kisses of love to day, than the felicities of heaven afar off.