Love is never lost. If not reciprocated, it will flow back and soften and purify the heart.

He who wins a thousand common hearts is entitled to some renown; but he who keeps undisputed sway over the heart of a coquette is indeed a hero.

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.

Young lawyers attend the courts, not because they have business there, but because they have no business.

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

Poetry had breathed over and sanctified the land.

There is a sacredness in tears