Of all the ingenious mistakes into which erring man has fallen, perhaps none have been so pernicious in their consequences, or have brought so many evils into the world, as the popular opinion that the way of the transgressor is pleasant and easy.

Unless we find repose within ourselves, it is vain to seek it elsewhere.

Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul; and the heart of man knoweth none more fragrant.

It is easy to be beautiful; it is difficult to appear so.

The cloudy weather melts at length into beauty, and the brightest smiles of the heart are born of its tears.

Falsehood is cowardice, the truth courage.

Energy, like the biblical grain of the mustard-seed, will remove mountains.