As long as the Fates permit, live cheerfully.

A ruin should always be protected but never repaired - thus may we witness full the lingering legacies of the past.

A few drops sprinkled on the torch of love make the flame blaze the brighter.

The happy combination of fortuitous circumstances.

A thousand fearful images and dire suggestions glance along the mind when it is moody and discontented with itself. Command them to stand and show themselves, and you presently assert the power of reason over imagination.

Those who follow the banners oreason are like the well-disciplined battalions which, wearing a more sober uniform and making a less dazzling show than the light troops commanded by imagination, enjoy more safety, and even more honor, in the conflicts ohuman life.

A good deal of philanthropy arises in general from mere vanity and love of distinction gilded over to others and to themselves with some show of benevolent sentiment.