» Beauty is but the sensible image of the Infinite. Like truth and justice it lives within us; like virtue and the moral law it is a companion of the soul.
» Beauty itself is but the sensible image of the infinite.
» Conscience is the mirror of our souls, which represents the errors of our lives in their full shape.
» Dishonesty is so grasping it would deceive God himself, were it possible.
» Avarice is the vice of declining years.
» By common consent gray hairs are a crown of glory; the only object of respect that can never excite envy.
» The public is wiser than the wisest critic.
» In nine times out of ten, the slanderous tongue belongs to a disappointed person.