The passions should be purged; all may become innocent if they are well directed and moderated. Even hatred maybe a commendable feeling when it is caused by a lively love of good. Whatever makes the passions pure, makes them stronger, more durable, and more enjoyable.
When credulity comes from the heart it does no harm to the intellect.
Mediocrity is excellence in the eyes of the mediocre.
Monuments are the grappling-irons that bind one generation to another.
How many weak shoulders have craved heavy burdens!
Virtue is the health of the soul.