Have you not observed that faith is generally strongest in those whose character may be called the weakest?
One must, so long as there is any life left, back up the character of one's life.
Taste is to literature what bon ton is in society.
The mind's pleasures are made to calm the tempests of the heart.
there is not enough interest in life to spread over twenty-four hours when one can't sleep.
O memory, thou bitter sweet,--both a joy and a scourge!