Nothing is more noble, nothing more venerable than fidelity.

It was fear that was then making you a good citizen, which is never a lasting teacher of duty.

I do not now so much as wish to have the Strength of Youth again that I wish'd in Youth for the Strength of an Ox or Elephant. For it is our Business only to make the best Use we can of the Powers granted us by Nature.

Religion is the pious worship of God.

Vicious habits are so odious and degrading that they transform the individual who practices them into an incarnate demon.

We all are imbued with the love of praise.

There is no grief which time does not lessen and soften.