To a resolute mind, wishing to do is the first step toward doing. But if we do not wish to do a thing it becomes impossible.

That charity is bad which takes from independence its proper pride, from mendicity its salutary shame.

How beautiful is night! A dewy freshness fills the silent air; No mist obscures; nor cloud, nor speck, nor stain, Breaks the serene of heaven: In full-orbed glory, yonder moon divine Rolls through the dark blue depths; Beneath her steady ray The desert circle spreads Like the round ocean, girdled with the sky. How beautiful is night!

There is a magic in that little world, home; it is a mystic circle that surrounds comforts and virtues never know beyond its hallowed limits.

It behooves us always to bear in mind, that while actions are always to be judged by the immutable standard of right and wrong, the judgments which we pass upon men must be qualified by considerations of age, country, station, and other accidental circumstances; and it will then be found that he who is most charitable in his judgment is generally the least unjust.

Cupid "the little greatest god."

Thou hast been called, O sleep, the friend of woe, But 'tis the happy that have called thee so.