Cities have always been the fireplaces of civilization, whence light and heat radiated out into the dark.
The joy of heaven will begin as soon as we attain the character of heaven, and do its duties.
Who escapes a duty, avoids a gain.
Greatness is its own torment.
The books that help you the most are those which make you think the most.
No virtue fades out of mankind. Not over-hopeful by inborn temperament, cautious by long experience, I yet never despair of human virtue.