Of all the portions of life it is in the two twilights, childhood and age, that tears fall with the most frequency; like the dew at dawn and eve.

Common sense is the average sensibility and intelligence of men undisturbed by individual peculiarities.

Ah, could the soul, like the body, have a mirror! It has,--a friend.

I would give more for the private esteem and love of one than for the public praise of ten thousand.

What is the highest secret to victory and peace? To will what God wills, and strike a league with destiny.

The flower which we do not pluck is the only one which never loses its beauty or its fragrance.

Nemesis is one of God's handmaids.