Cruelty, if we consider it as a crime, is the greatest of all; if we consider it as a madness, we are equally justifiable in applying to it the readiest and the surest means of oppression.

Consciousness of error is, to a certain extent, a consciousness of understanding; and correction of error is the plainest proof of energy and mastery.

The happiest of pillows is not that which love first presses! it is that which death has frowned on and passed over.

Music is God's gift to man, the only art of Heaven given to earth, the only art of earth we take to Heaven.

The foundation of domestic happiness is faith in the virtue of woman.

We care not how many see us in choler, when we rave and bluster, and make as much noise and bustle as we can; but if the kindest and most generous affection comes across us, we suppress every sign of it, and hide ourselves in nooks and covert.

Fame, they tell you, is air; but without air there is no life for any; without fame there is none for the best.