Our vanity is the constant enemy of our dignity.

There are two ways of attaining an important end, force and perseverance; the silent power of the latter grows irresistible with time.

We reform others unconsciously when we walk uprightly.

Travel is the frivolous part of serious lives, and the serious part of frivolous ones.

Repentance is accepted remorse.

Love enters the heart unawares: takes precedence of all the emotions--or, at least, will be second to none--and even reflection becomes its accomplice. While it lives, it renders blind; and when it has struck its roots deep only itself can shake them. It reminds one of hospitality as practiced among the ancients. The stranger was received upon the threshold of the half-open door, and introduced into the sanctuary reserved for the Penates. Not until every attention had been lavished upon him did the host ask his name; and the question was sometimes deferred till the very moment of departure.

When we see the shameful fortunes amassed in all quarters of the globe, are we not impelled to exclaim that Judas' thirty pieces of silver have fructified across the centuries?