Ridicule is a weak weapon when pointed at a strong mind; but common people are cowards and dread an empty laugh.

Love looketh from the eye, and kindleth love by looking.

As thou directest the power, harm or advantage will follow, and the torrent that swept the valley may be led to turn a mill.

He who commits a wrong will himself inevitably see the writing on the wall, though the world may not count him guilty.

Invention is activity of mind, as fire is air in motion; a sharpening of the spiritual sight, to discern hidden aptitudes.

Anger is a noble infirmity; the generous failing of the just; the one degree that riseth above zeal, asserting the prerogative of virtue.

He who does not tire, tires adversity.