The guardian angels of life sometimes fly so high as to be beyond our sight, but they are always looking down upon us.

Passion makes the best observations and the sorriest conclusions.

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.

Fancy rules over two thirds of the universe, the past, and future, while reality is confined to the present

In later life, as in earlier, only a few persons influence the formation of our character; the multitude pass us by like a distant army. One friend, one teacher, one beloved, one club, one dining table, one work table are the means by which one's nation and the spirit of one's nation affect the individual.

Paradise is always where love dwells.

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.