Forbear to lay the guilt of a few on the many.
Although the power is lacking, the will is commendable.
A good disposition is a virtue in itself, and it is lasting; the burden of the years cannot depress it, and love that is founded on it endures to the end.
Our native soil draws all of us, by I know not what sweetness, and never allows us to forget.
It is hope which makes the shipwrecked sailor strike out with his arms in the midst of the sea, though no land is in sight.
A light breath fans the flame, a violent gust extinguishes it.