Consult duty not events.

Teach him to live unto God and unto thee; and he will discover that women, like the plants in woods, derive their softness and tenderness from the shade.

Those who are quite satisfied sit still and do nothing; those who are not quite satisfied are the sole benefactors of the world.

Nations, like individuals, interest us in their growth.

Merit has rarely risen of itself, but a pebble or a twig is often quite sufficient for it to spring from to the highest ascent. There is usually some baseness before there is any elevation.

An ingenious mind feels in unmerited praise the bitterest reproof.

Goodness does not more certainly make men happy than happiness makes them good.