Dependence is a perpetual call upon humanity, and a greater incitement to tenderness and pity than any other motive whatever.

A religious hope does not only bear up the mind under her sufferings but makes her rejoice in them.

When a man becomes familiar with his goddess, she quickly sinks into a woman.

Others proclaim the infirmities of a great man with satisfaction and complacence, if they discover none of the like in themselves.

What pity is it That we can die, but once to serve our country.

I always rejoice when I see a tribunal filled with a man of an upright and inflexible temper, who in the execution of his country's laws can overcome all private fear, resentment, solicitation, and even pity itself.

Our real blessings often appear to us in the shape of pains, losses and disappointments; but let us have patience and we soon shall see them in their proper figures.