I cannot love as I have loved, And yet I know not why; It is the one great woe of life To feel all feeling die.

The true spirit of conversation consists in building on another man's observation, not overturning it.

We tell our triumphs to the crowds, but our own hearts are the sole confidants of our sorrows.

Remorse is the echo of a lost virtue.

When a person is down in the world, an ounce of help is better than a pound of preaching.