All pleasure in the world is a passing dream.
Man has no greater enemy than himself. I have acted contrary to my sentiments and inclination; throughout our whole lives we do what we never intended, and what we proposed to do, we leave undone.
Mere elegance of language can produce at best but an empty renown.
He loves but lightly who his love can tell.
Love is the crowning grace of humanity.
I saw the tracks of angels in the earth: the beauty of heaven walking by itself on the world.