Sweet is the breath of praise when given by those whose own high merit claims the praise they give.
Perish discretion, when it interferes With duty!
He who has once taken to drink can seldom be said to be guilty of one sin only.
We are apt to mistake our vocation by looking out of the way for occasions to exercise great and rare virtues, and by stepping over the ordinary ones that lie directly in the road before us.
In grief we know the worst of what we feel but who can tell the end of what we fear?
It is a sober truth that people who live only to amuse themselves work harder at the task than most people do in earning their daily bread.