Now, it is well known, that a man may with more impunity be guilty of an actual breach either of real good breeding or of good morals, than appear ignorant of the most minute point of fashionable etiquette.

The rose is fairest when 't is budding new, And hope is brightest when it dawns from fears. The rose is sweetest wash'd with morning dew, And love is loveliest when embalm'd in tears.

What is a diary as a rule? A document useful to the person who keeps it. Dull to the contemporary who reads it and invaluable to the student, centuries afterwards, who treasures it.

All men who have turned out worth anything have had the chief hand in their own education.

The willow which bends to the tempest often escapes better than the oak which resists it.

It is wonderful what strength of purpose and boldness and energy of will are roused by the assurance that we are doing our duty.

The will to do, the soul to dare..