True Virtue, When She Errs, Needs Not

Beauty Of Form Affects The Mind, But Then It Must Be Understood That It Is Not The Mere Shell That We Admire; We Are Attracted By The Idea That This Shell Is Only A Beautiful Case Adjusted To The Shape And Value Of A Still More Beautiful Pearl Within. The Perfection Of Outward Loveliness Is The Soul Shining Through Its Crystalline Covering.

We Never Know The Blessings Bestowed On Us Until We Are Separated From The Possession Of Them.

The Pure In Heart Are Slow To Credit Calumnies, Because They Hardly Comprehend What Motives Can Be Inducements To The Alleged Crimes.

It Is Not Designed That The Road Should Be Made Too Smooth For Us Here Upon Earth.

Self-love Leads Men Of Narrow Minds To Measure All Mankind By Their Own Capacity.