No one perfectly loves God who does not perfectly love some of his creatures.

Gold adulterates one thing only,--the human heart.

Servitude is inherent; we are all slaves to duty or to force.

There is no greater fool than the man who thinks himself wise; no one is wiser than he who suspects he is a fool.

Science conducts us, step by step, through the whole range of creation, until we arrive, at length, at God.

A woman of honor should never suspect another of things she would not do herself.

The cup of joy is heaviest when empty.