Guilt Is A Spiritual Rubicon.

Virtue Is Despotic; Life, Reputation, Every Earthly Good, Must Be Surrendered At Her Voice. The Law May Seem Hard, But It Is The Guardian Of What It Commands; And Is The Only Sure Defence Of Happiness.

Nobility, Without Virtue, Is A Fine Setting Without A Gem

Compulsion Hardly Restores Right; Love Yields All Things.

The Only Impregnable Citadel Of Virtue Is Religion; For There Is No Bulwark Of Mere Morality, Which Some Temptation May Not Overtop Or Undermine, And Destroy.

Happiness Is Not Perfected Until It Is Shared.