Every man has a rainy corner of his life whence comes foul weather which follows him.
Like the greatest virtue and the worst dogs, the fiercest hatred is silent.
In science the new is an advance; but in morals, as contradicting our inner ideals and historic idols, it is ever a retrogression.
It is simpler and easier to flatter people than to praise them.
No heroine can create a hero through love of one, but she can give birth to one
The conscience of children is formed by the influences that surround them; their notions of good and evil are the result of the moral atmosphere they breathe.