Friendship, compounded of esteem and love, derives from one its tenderness and its permanence from the other.
Bounty always receives part of its value from the manner in which it is bestowed.
The synonyme of usury is ruin.
The main of life is composed of small incidents and petty occurrences; of wishes for objects not remote, and grief for disappointments of no fatal consequence.
Such is the constitution of Man that labor may be said to be its own re-ward.
When there is no hope, there can be no endeavor.