I rejoiced in my progress, mourned my weaknesses, and commiserated the universal instability of human conduct.

It is better to will the good than to know the truth.

Events appear sad, pleasant, or painful, not because they are so in reality, but because we believe them to be so and the light in which we look at them depends upon our own judgment.

Books can warm the heart with friendly words and counsel, entering into a close relationship with us which is articulate and alive

Love is the crowning grace of humanity, the holiest right of the soul, the golden link which binds us to duty and truth, the redeeming principle that chiefly reconciles the heart to life, and is prophetic of eternal good.

For virtue only finds eternal Fame.

The greater I am, the greater shall be my efforts.