In an easy cause anyone can be eloquent; the slightest strength is enough to break what is already shattered.

To give requires good sense.

Pursuits become habits.

I see and praise what is better, but follow what is worse.

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.

We two are to ourselves a crowd.

The glow of inspiration warms us; this holy rapture springs from the seeds of the Divine mind sown in man.