In many walks of life, a conscience is a more expensive encumbrance than a wife or a carriage.
Thomas de QuinceyCall for the grandest of all earthly spectacles, what is that? It is the sun going to his rest.
Thomas de QuinceyFlowers that are so pathetic in their beauty, frail as the clouds, and in their coloring as gorgeous as the heavens, had through thousands of years been the heritage of children - honored as the jewelry of God.
Thomas de Quincey