Ennui shortens life, and bereaves the day of its light.

One of the illusions of life is that the present hour is not the critical, decisive one.

Beauty is the mark God sets upon virtue.

Success to the strongest, who are always, at last, the wisest and best.

Romeo, of dead, should be cut up into little stars to make the heavens fine. Life, with this pair, has no other aim, asks no more,than Juliet,--than Romeo.

Nature never wears a mean appearance. Neither does the wisest man extort her secret, and lose his curiosity by finding out all her perfection.

Our best thoughts come from others.