Divide and command, a wise maxim; Unite and guide, a better.

Alas, that we should be so unwilling to listen to the still and holy yearnings of the heart! A god whispers quite softly in our breast, softly yet audibly; telling us what we ought to seek and what to shun.

There are situations in which hope and fear run together, in which they mutually destroy one another and lose themselves in dull indifference.

I can tell you, honest friend, what to believe: believe life; it teaches better that book or orator.

A resolution that is communicated is no longer within thy power; thy attentions become now the plaything of chance; he who would have his commands certainly carried out must take man by surprise.

The ground that a good man treads is hallowed.

He who can not learn to love must flatter.