As a general rule, Providence seldom vouchsafes to mortals any more than just that degree of encouragement which suffices to keep them at a reasonably full exertion of their powers.

it is a curious subject of observation and inquiry, whether hatred and love be not the same thing at bottom.

There is no such thing in man's nature as a settled and full resolve either for good or evil, except at the very moment of execution.

Earth has one angel less and heaven one more, since yesterday.

I wish I had the gift of making rhymes, for methinks there is poetry in my head and heart since I have been in love with you.

'What is the Unpardonable Sin' asked the lime-burner 'It is a sin that grew within my own breast', replied Ethan Brand 'The sin of an intellect that triumphed over the sense of brotherhood with man and reverence for God'.

We are as happy as people can be, without making themselves ridiculous, and might be even happier; but, as a matter of taste, we choose to stop short at this point.