Lay silently the injuries you receive upon the altar of oblivion.

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.

How quickly a truly benevolent act is repaid by the consciousness of having done it!

It is the nature of intellect to strive to improve in intellectual power.

How white are the fair robes of Charity as she walketh amid the lowly habitations of the poor!

The oppression of any people for opinion's sake has rarely had any other effect than to fix those opinions deeper, and render them more important.

The experience of others adds to our knowledge, but not to our wisdom; that is dearer bought.