Individuality is to be preserved and respected everywhere, as the root of everything good.

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.

Strong characters are brought out by change of situation, and gentle ones by permanence.

Passion makes the best observations and the sorriest conclusions.

Sorrows gather around great souls as storms do around mountains; but, like them, they break the storm and purify the air of the plain beneath them.

Because the heart beats under a covering of hair, of fur, feathers, or wings, it is, for that reason, to be of no account?

How narrow our souls become when absorbed in any present good or ill! It is only the thought of the future that makes them great.