How different is the ready hand, tearful eye, and soothing voice, from the ostentatious appearance which is called pity.

The perfection of outward loveliness is the soul shining through its crystalline covering.

Be shocking, be daring, be bold, be passionate.

In the career of female fame, there are few prizes to tie obtained which can vie with the obscure state of a beloved wife or a happy mother.

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!

But the most annoying of all public reformers is the personal satirist. Though he may be considered by some few as a useful member of society, yet he is only ranked with the hangman, whom we tolerate because he executes the judgment we abhor to do ourselves, and avoid with a natural detestation of his office. The pen of the one and the cord of the other are inseparable in our minds.

In his fairy dreams of war [Thaddeus] always made conquest the sure end of his battles.