there can be neither politically nor morally a good which is not universal ... we cannot reform for a time or for a class, but for all and for the whole, and our very interests will draw us together in one wide bond of sympathy.

there is nothing so easy as to be wise for others; a species of prodigality, by-the-by - for such wisdom is wholly wasted.

It is said that ridicule is the test of truth: it is never applied, but when we wish to deceive ourselves.

A friend is never alarmed for us in the right place.

There is a large stock on hand; but somehow or other, nobody's experience ever suits us but our own.

I will look on the stars and look on thee, and read the page of thy destiny.

Few save the poor feel for the poor.