If you are in doubt whether to write a letter or not, don't. And the advice applies to many doubts in life besides that of letter writing.

The heart of a girl is like a convent--the holier the cloister, the more charitable the door.

The astronomer who catalogues the stars cannot add one atom to the universe; the poet can call an universe from the atom.

Evening is the delight of virtuous age; it seems an emblem of the tranquil close of busy life--serene, placid, and mild, with the impress of its great Creator stamped upon it; it spreads its quiet wings over the grave, and seems to promise that all shall be peace beyond it.

A reform is a correction of abuses; a revolution is a transfer of power.

The cleverness of avarice is but the cunning of imbecility.

Chance happens to all, but to turn chance to account is the gift of few.