Tenderness is the rest of passion.
The evening of life brings with it its lamps.
Slander is the solace of malignity.
A man who shows no defect is a fool or a hypocrite, whom we should mistrust. There are defects so bound to fine qualities that they announce them,--defects which it is well not to correct.
Religion is fire which example keeps alive, and which goes out if not communicated.
Remorse is the punishment of crime; repentance, its expiation. The former appertains to a tormented conscience; the latter to a soul changed for the better.