Sure there's different roads from this to Dungarvan* - some thinks one road pleasanter, and some think another; wouldn't it be mighty foolish to quarrel for this? - and sure isn't it twice worse to thry to interfere with people for choosing the road they like best to heaven?

Despotism subjects a nation to one tyrant; democracy, to many.

Happiness is a rare plant that seldom takes root on earth-few ever enjoyed it, except for a brief period; the search after it is rarely rewarded by the discovery, but there is an admirable substitute for it... a contented spirit.

In France, a woman may forget that she is neither young nor handsome; for the absence of these claims to attention does not expose her to be neglected by the male sex.

Memory seldom fails when its office is to show us the tombs of our buried hopes.

The difference between weakness and wickedness is much less than people suppose; and the consequences are nearly always the same.

One of the most marked characteristics of our day is a reckless neglect of principles, and a rigid adherence to their semblance.