Nations and men are only the best when they are the gladdest, and deserve heaven when they enjoy it.

Paradise is always where love dwells.

As winter strips the leaves from around us, so that we may see the distant regions they formerly concealed, so old age takes away our enjoyments only to enlarge the prospect of the coming eternity.

See, indeed, that your daughter is thoroughly grounded and experienced in household duties; but take care, through religion and poetry, to keep her heart open to heaven.

A variety of nothing is superior to a monotony of something.

The end we aim at must be known, before the way can be made.

The romance of life begins and ends with two blank pages. Age and extreme old age.