National antipathy is the basest, because the most illiberal and illiterate of all prejudices.

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

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

He that easily believes rumors has the principle within him to augment rumors. It is strange to see the ravenous appetite with which some devourers of character and happiness fix upon the sides of the innocent and unfortunate.

Don't live to please others. Don't think everyone else knows what's right or true. Listen to yourself, and be true to yourself. That way, no matter what else happens in life, you will always have your self-respect.

It has been wisely said, "that well may thy guardian angel suffer thee to lose thy locks, when thou darest wilfully to lay thy head in the lap of temptation!" Was it not easier for the hero of Judaea to avoid the touch of the fair Philistine, than to elude her power when held in her arms?

There is nothing so clear-sighted and sensible as a noble mind in a low estate.