He that does good, having the unlimited power to do evil, deserves praise not only for the good which he performs, but for the evil which he forbears.

The censure of those who are opposed to us, is the highest commendation that can be given us.

What is a diary as a rule? A document useful to the person who keeps it. Dull to the contemporary who reads it and invaluable to the student, centuries afterwards, who treasures it.

so wondrous wild, the whole might seem
the scenery of a fairy dream

Trade has all the fascination of gambling without its moral guilt.

Look back, and smile on perils past!