The suspicious parent makes an artful child.

The happiness of every country depends upon the character of its people, rather than the form of its government.

Favoritism manifests itself in all departments of government, public and private. It is the harder to avoid, because it is so natural.

A brave man is sometimes a desperado: a bully is always a coward.

There is the kiss of welcome and of parting, the long, lingering, loving, present one; the stolen, or the mutual one; the kiss of love, of joy, and of sorrow; the seal of promise and receipt of fulfillment.

Impossible desires are the height of unreason.

Over-confidence is as evil as undue anxiety.