Mediocrity is beneath a brave soul.

Men are capable of making great sacrifices, who are not willing to make the lesser ones, on which so much of the happiness of life depends. The great sacrifices are seldom called for, but the minor ones are in daily requisition; and the making them with cheerfulness and grace enhances their value.

Tears fell from my eyes - yes, weak and foolish as it now appears to me, I wept for my departed youth; and for that beauty of which the faithful mirror too plainly assured me, no remnant existed.

Heaven sends us misfortunes as a moral tonic.

Those who are formed to win general admiration are seldom calculated to bestow individual happiness.

Grief is, of all the passions, the one that is the most ingenious and indefatigable in finding food for its own subsistence.

He who fears not, is to be feared.