What is deservedly suffered must be borne with calmness, but when the pain is unmerited, the grief is resistless.
Our native soil draws all of us, by I know not what sweetness, and never allows us to forget.
Pleasure is sweetest when 'tis paid for by another's pain.
To dismiss a guest is a more ungracious act than not to admit him at all.
The battle is over when the foe has fallen.
Take the advice of light when you're looking at linens or jewels; Looking at faces or forms, take the advice of the day.