Recognized probity is the surest of all oaths.
Where love and wisdom drink out of the same cup, in this everyday world, it is the exception.
It were no virtue to bear calamities if we did not feel them.
The heart of a good man is the sanctuary of God in this world.
Obligation is the bitterest thraldom.
When death gives us a long lease of life, it takes as hostages all those whom we have loved.