He who would greatly deserve must greatly dare.

The natural effect of sorrow over the dead is to refine and elevate the mind.

The love of a mother is never exhausted. It never changes - it never tires - it endures through all; in good repute, in bad repute. In the face of the world's condemnation, a mother's love still lives on.

There is a healthful hardiness about real dignity that never dreads contact and communion with others however humble.

After all, it is the divinity within that makes the divinity without; and I have been more fascinated by a woman of talent and intelligence, though deficient in personal charms, than I have been by the most regular beauty.

I have often had occasion to remark the fortitude with which women sustain the most overwhelming reverses of fortunes.

Redundancy of language is never found with deep reflection. Verbiage may indicate observation, but not thinking. He who thinks much says but little in proportion to his thoughts.