Nothing is more beautiful than cheerfulness in an old face.

Woman and men of retiring timidity are cowardly only in dangers which affect themselves, but the first to rescue when others are in danger.

Two aged men, that had been foes for life, Met by a grave, and wept - and in those tears They washed away the memory of their strife; Then wept again the loss of all those years.

In science the new is an advance; but in morals, as contradicting our inner ideals and historic idols, it is ever a retrogression.

Ah! The seasons of love roll not backward but onward, downward forever.

It is easier and handier for men to flatter than to praise.

It is simpler and easier to flatter people than to praise them.