A poor man defended himself when charged with stealing food to appease the cravings of hunger, saying, the cries of the stomach silenced those of the conscience.

The vices of the rich and great are mistaken for error; and those of the poor and lowly, for crimes.

Spring is the season of hope, and autumn is that of memory.

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

You were wise not to waste years in a lawsuit ... he who commences a suit resembles him who plants a palm-tree which he will not live to see flourish.

Flowers are the bright remembrances of youth; they waft us back, with their bland odorous breath, the joyous hours that only young life knows, ere we have learnt that this fair earth hides graves.

There is no magician like love.