the fact is, that life is too short to be occupied by aught but the present - hope and remembrance are equally a waste of time.

charity is a calm, severe duty; it must be intellectual, to be advantageous. It is a strange mistake that it should ever be considered a merit; its fulfillment is only what we owe to each other, and is a debt never paid to its full extent.

Oh, only those whose souls have felt this one idolatry can tell how precious is the slightest thing affection gives and hallows.

It is said that ridicule is the test of truth; but it is never applied except when we wish to deceive ourselves - when if we cannot exclude the light, we would fain draw the curtain before it. The sneer springs out of the wish to deny; and wretched must that state of mind be, that wishes to take refuge in doubt.

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

How often, in this cold and bitter world, is the warm heart thrown back upon itself! Cold, careless, are we of another's grief; we wrap ourselves in sullen selfishness.

marriage is like money - seem to want it, and you never get it.