Happiness is not perfected until it is shared.

none are fit judges of greatness but those who are capable of it.

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.

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

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

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!

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