O what a thing is age! Death without death's quiet.

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 speak against the great do not usually speak from morality, but from envy.

Friendships are the purer and the more ardent, the nearer they come to the presence of God, the Sun not only of righteousness but of love.

We are no longer happy so soon as we wish to be happier.

There is a vast deal of vital air in loving words.

The tomb is the pedestal of greatness. I make a distinction between God's great and the king's great.