Suspicion has its dupes, as well as credulity.

Those who make us happy are always thankful to us for being so; their gratitude is the reward of their benefits.

Respect is a serious thing in him who feels it, and the height of honor for him who inspires the feeling.

We are rich only through what we give.

If we look closely at this earth, where God seems so utterly forgotten, we shall find that it is He, after all, who commands the most fidelity and the most love.

There are minds constructed like the eyes of certain insects, which discern, with admirable distinctness, the most delicate lineaments and finest veins of the leaf which bears them, but are totally unable to take in the ensemble of the plant or shrub. When error has effected an entrance into such minds, it remains there impregnable, because no general view assists them in throwing off the chance impression of the moment.

We recognize the action of God in great things: we exclude it in small. We forget that the Lord of eternity is also the Lord of the hour.