The nature of a narrow and malevolent spirit is so essentially incompatible with happiness as to render it inaccessible to the influences of the benignant God.

Design must be proved before a designer can be inferred.

I arise from dreams of thee, And a spirit in my feet Has led me- who knows how? To thy chamber-window, Sweet!

The pleasure that is in sorrow is sweeter than the pleasure of pleasure itself.

I Fall upon the thorns of life.

It is not a merit to tolerate, but rather a crime to be intolerant.

Joy, once lost, is pain