Revenge is a common passion; it is the sin of the uninstructed. The savage deems it noble;but the religion of Christ, which is the sublime civilizer, emphatically condemns it. Why? Because religion ever seeks to ennoble man; and nothing so debases him as revenge.

Man must be disappointed with the lesser things of life before he can comprehend the full value of the greater.

Genius has no brother.

Self-confidence is not hope; it is the self-judgment of your own internal forces in their relation to the world without, which results from the failure of many hopes and the non-realization of many fears.

The curse of the great is ennui.

Nothing can constitute good-breeding that has not good-nature for its foundation.

He who seeks repentance for the past, should woo the angel virtue for the future.