The hunger of the eye is not to be despised; and they are to be pitied who have starvation of the eye.

God puts the excess of hope in one man, in order that it may be a medicine to the man who is despondent.

A man that has lost moral sense is like a man in battle with both of his legs shot off: he has nothing to stand on.

There are sorrows that are not painful, but are of the nature of some acids, and give piquancy and flavor to life.

Love is ownership. We own whom we love. The universe is God's because He loves.

Rain! whose soft architectural hands have power to cut stones, and chisel to shapes of grandeur the very mountains.

Customs represent the experience of mankind.