Into the space of one little hour sins enough may be conjured up by evil tongues to blast the fame of a whole life of virtue.

There is a sacredness in tears

The natural principle of war is to do the most harm to our enemy with the least harm to ourselves; and this of course is to be effected by stratagem.

I value this delicious home-feeling as one of the choicest gifts a parent can bestow.

One point is certain, that truth is one and immutable; until the jurors all agree, they cannot all be right.

There is something nobly simple and pure in a taste for the cultivation of forest trees.

A mother is the truest friend we have when trials, heavy and sudden, fall upon us; when adversity takes the place of prosperity.