Superstition is but the fear of belief.

A beautiful woman without fixed principles may be likened to those fair but rootless flowers which float in streams, driven by every breeze.

Society punishes not the vices of its members, but their detection.

Prejudices are the chains forged by ignorance to keep men apart.

Thoughts come maimed and plucked of plumage from the lips, which, from the pea, in the silence of your own leisure and study, would be born with far more beauty.

When the sun shines on you, you see your friends. It requires sunshine to be seen by them to advantage!

Tears may be dried up, but the heart - never.