In the nine heavens are eight Paradises; Where is the ninth one? In the human breast. Only the blessed dwell in th' Paradises, But blessedness dwells in the human breast.

To appreciate and use correctly a valuable maxim requires a genius; a vital appropriating exercise of mind closely allied to that which first created it.

Heart's-ease is a flower which blooms from the grave of desire.

False eloquence is exaggeration; true eloquence is emphasis.

Ignorance is the mother of suspicion.

Reserve may be pride fortified in ice; dignity is worth reposing on truth.

The devil may be bullied, but not the Deity.