Necessity may well be called the mother of invention but calamity is the test of integrity.
What pity that Religion and Love, which heighten our relish for the things of both worlds, should ever run the human heart into enthusiasm, superstition, or uncharitableness!
Chastity, like piety, is a uniform grace.
He only who gave life has a power over it.
Sorrow makes an ugly face odious.
An acquaintance with the muses, in the education of youth, contributes not a little to soften manners. It gives a delicate turn to the imagination and a polish to the mind.