The voice of conscience is so delicate that it is easy to stifle it; but it is also so clear that it is impossible to mistake it.

What is love, if it can calculate and provide against its own decay?

There are only two distinct classes of people on this earth, those who espouse enthusiasm and those who despise it.

As we grow in wisdom, we pardon more freely.

Genius is essentially creative; it bears the stamp of the individual who possesses it.

Who understands much forgives much. To understand everything makes us very forgiving.

Man's most valuable faculty is his imagination.