The worst tyrants are those which establish themselves in our own breasts.

Other blessings may be taken away, but if we have acquired a good friend by goodness, we have a blessing which improves in value when others fail.

The hills are reared, the seas are scooped in vain If learning's altar vanish from the plain.

The domestic relations precede, and in our present existence are worth more than all our other social ties. They give the first throb to the heart, and unseal the deep fountains of its love. Home is the chief school of human virtue. Its responsibilities, joys, sorrows, smiles, tears, hopes, and solicitudes form the chief interest of human life.

The worst tyrants are those which establish themselves in our own breasts.

Every human being is a volume, worthy to be studied.

Grandeur of character lies wholly in force of soul, that is, in the force of thought, moral principle, and love, and this may be found in the humblest condition of life