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

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Enthusiasts soon understand each other.

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Surely happiness is reflective, like the light of heaven; and every countenance, bright with smiles, and glowing with innocent enjoyment, is a mirror transmitting to others the rays of a supreme and ever-shining benevolence.

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Jealous people poison their own banquet and then eat it

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A barking dog is often more useful than a sleeping lion.

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The love of a mother is never exhausted. It never changes - it never tires - it endures through all; in good repute, in bad repute. In the face of the world's condemnation, a mother's love still lives on.

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A woman's whole life is a history of the affections.

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There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power. They speak more eloquently than ten thousand tongues. They are the messengers of overwhelming grief, of deep contrition, and of unspeakable love.

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Villainy wears many masks; none so dangerous as the mask of virtue.

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There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power.

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