Bright was the summer of 1296. The war which had desolated Scotland was then at an end.

Bright was the summer of 1296. The war which had desolated Scotland was then at an end.

Magnanimity is above circumstance; and any virtue which depends on that is more of constitution than of principle.

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.

That grief is the most durable which flows inward, and buries its streams with its fountain, in the depths of the heart.

Guilt is a spiritual Rubicon.

The best manner of avenging ourselves is by not resembling him who has injured us.