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?

To be truly and really independent is to support ourselves by our own exertions.

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

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

It is not designed that the road should be made too smooth for us here upon earth.

The pure in heart are slow to credit calumnies, because they hardly comprehend what motives can be inducements to the alleged crimes.

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