All the joys of earth will not assuage our thirst for happiness; while a single grief suffices to shroud life in a sombre veil, and smite it with nothingness at all points.

There is a transcendent power in example.

God has prohibited despair.

Antiquity is a species of aristocracy with which it is not easy to be on visiting terms.

The mind wears the colors of the soul, as a valet those of his master.

The root of sanctity is sanity. A man must be healthy before he can be holy. We bathe first, and then perfume.

The best of lessons, for a good many people, would be to listen at a keyhole. It is a pity for such that the practice is dishonorable.