The grand principles of virtue and honor, however they may be distorted by arbitrary codes, are the same the world over: and wherethese principles are concerned, the right or wrong of any action appears the same to the uncultivated as to the enlightened mind.

The friendship of fine-hearted, generous boys, nurtured amid the romance-engendering comforts and elegancies of life, sometimes transcends the bounds of mere boyishness, and revels for a while in the empyrean of a love which only comes short, by one degree, of the sweetest sentiment entertained between the sexes.

In a multitude of acquaintances is less security, than in one faithful friend.

I'll try a pagan friend, thought I, since Christian kindness has proved but hollow courtesy.

Towards thee I roll, thou all-destroying but unconquering whale... from hell's heart I stab at thee.

He says NO! In thunder; but the Devil himself cannot make him say yes.

Ignorance is the parent of fear.