Anything that happens gradually is always irrevocable.
Venice astonishes more than it pleases at first sight.
Every time a new nation, America or Russia for instance, advances toward civilization, the human race perfects itself; every time an inferior class emerges from enslavement and degradation, the human race again perfects itself.
Providence protects us in all the details of our lot.
Happiness is a wondrous commodity: the more you give, the more you have.
We understand death for the first time when he puts his hand upon one whom we love