The gift of prayer is not always at our command.
Resist as much as thou wilt; heaven's ways are heaven's ways.
Did the Almighty, holding in his right hand truth, and in his left hand search after truth, deign to proffer me the one I might prefer, in all humility, but without hesitation, I should request search after truth.
For me the greatest beauty always lies in the greatest clarity.
Nature intended that woman should be her masterpiece.
I know not whether there exists such a thing as a coin stamped with a pair of pinions; but I wish this were the device which monarchs put upon their dollars and ducats, to show that riches make to themselves wings, and fly away.