That alone can be called true refinement which elevates the soul of man, purifying the manners by improving the intellect.
How quickly a truly benevolent act is repaid by the consciousness of having done it!
It is vain to trust in wrong; it is like erecting a building upon a frail foundation, and which will directly be sure to topple over.
Theory, from whatever source, is not perfect until it is reduced to practice.
You cannot judge by outward appearances; the soul is only transparent to its Maker.
There is one court whose findings are incontrovertible, and whose sessions are held in the chambers of our own breast.