Enthusiasm is the divine particle in our composition: with it we are great, generous, and true; without it, we are little, false, and mean.

Sneering springs out of the wish to deny; and wretched must that state of mind be that wishes to take refuge in doubt.

To enjoy yourself is the easy method to give enjoyment to others.

youth, balancing itself upon hope, is forever in extremes: its expectations are continually aroused only to be baffled, and disappointment, like a summer shower, is violent in proportion to its brevity.

We are rarely wrong when we act from impulse.

It is strange what society will endure from its idols.

Repentance is a one-faced Janus, ever looking to the past.