The platform or the altar of love may be analyzed and explained; it is constructed of virtue, beauty, and affection. Such is the pyre, such is the offering; but the ethereal spark must come from heaven, that lights the sacrifice.

Goodness is equally hateful to the wicked, as vice is to the virtuous.

Dr. Johnson has said that the chief glory of a country arises from its authors. But then that is only as they are oracles of wisdom; unless they teach virtue, they are more worthy of a halter than of the laurel.

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

Nobility, without virtue, is a fine setting without a gem

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

The flatterer easily insinuates himself into the closet, while honest merit stands shivering in the hall or antechamber.