Where there is any good disposition, confidence begets faithfulness; but distrust, if it do not produce treachery; never fails to destroy every inclination to evince fidelity. Most people disdain to clear themselves from the accusations of mere suspicion.

A generous spirit is as eloquent in acknowledging benefits as it is bounteous in bestowing them.

We value the devotedness of friendship rather as an oblation to vanity than as a free interchange of hearts; an endearing contract of sympathy, mutual forbearance, and respect!

Love is full of imagination.

Yet happiness isn't something you chase, it's something you are. It's something you think, it's something you believe.

Guilt is a spiritual Rubicon.

If cowardice were not so completely a coward as to be unable to look steadily upon the effects of courage, he would find that there is no refuge so sure as dauntless valor.