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

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

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.

The fruition of what is unlawful must be followed by remorse. The core sticks in the throat after the apple is eaten, and the sated appetite loathes the interdicted pleasure for which innocence was bartered.

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

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

Guilt is a spiritual Rubicon.