People will not bear it when advice is violently given, even if it is well founded. Hearts are flowers; they remain open to the softly falling dew, but shut up in the violent downpour of rain.

A man never discloses his own character so clearly as when he describes anothers.

For sleep, riches and health to be truly enjoyed and gratefully appreciated, they must be interrupted so the person can see that not having them is not as good as having them.

Beauty attracts us men; but if, like an armed magnet it is pointed, beside, with gold and silver, it attracts with tenfold power.

Poverty is the only load which is the heavier the more loved ones there are to assist in bearing it.

God is an unutterable sigh, planted in the depths of the soul.

Romanticism is beauty without bounds-the beautiful infinite.