The veil which covers the face of futurity is woven by the hand of mercy.

Men who make money rarely saunter; men who save money rarely swagger.

In solitude the passions feed upon the heart.

The learned compute that seven hundred and seven millions of millions of vibrations have to penetrate the eye before the eye can distinguish the tints of a violet.

We cannot of ourselves estimate the degree of our success in what we strive for.

It is a wonderful advantage to a man, in every pursuite or avocation, to secure an adviser in a sensible woman. In woman there is at once a subtle delicacy of tact, and a plain soundness of judgement, which are rarely combined to an equal degree in man. A woman, if she be really your friend, will have a sensitive regard for your character, honor, repute. She will seldom counsel you to do a shabby thing: for a woman friend always desires to be proud of you.

Revenge is a common passion; it is the sin of the uninstructed.