Conscience, Like A Child, Is Soon Lulled

I Have No Parting Sigh To Give, So Take My Parting Smile.

It Is Said That Ridicule Is The Test Of Truth; But It Is Never Applied Except When We Wish To Deceive Ourselves - When If We Cannot Exclude The Light, We Would Fain Draw The Curtain Before It. The Sneer Springs Out Of The Wish To Deny; And Wretched Must That State Of Mind Be, That Wishes To Take Refuge In Doubt.

Restraint Is The Golden Rule Of Enjoyment.

I Do Not Think That Life Has A Suspense More Sickening Than That Of Expecting A Letter Which Does Not Come.

Affection Exaggerates Its Own Offenses.