Affliction, like the iron-smith, shapes as it smites.

Beauty

Every trait of beauty may be referred to some virtue, as to innocence, candor, generosity, modesty, or heroism. St. Pierre To cultivate the sense of the beautiful, is one of the most effectual ways of cultivating an appreciation of the divine goodness.

Children

Many children, many cares; no children, no felicity.

Courage

Courage enlarges, cowardice diminishes resources. In desperate straits the fears of the timid aggravate the dangers that imperil the brave.

Desire

We trifle when we assign limits to our desires, since nature hath set none.

Example

Example has more followers than reason. We unconsciously imitate what pleases us, and approximate to the characters we most admire.

Fear

Panic is a sudden desertion of us, and a going over to the enemy of our imagination.

Genius

Genius makes its observations in short-hand; talent writes them out at length.

Illusion

A pleasant illusion is better than a harsh reality.

Kisses and Kissing

It is the passion that is in a kiss that gives to it its sweetness; it is the affection in a kiss that sanctifies it.

Passion

Passion doesn't look beyond the moment of its existence.

Progress

The grandest of all laws is the law of progressive development. Under it, in the wide sweep of things, men grow wiser as they grow older, and societies better.

Sensuality

The body of a sensualist is the coffin of a dead soul.

Tears

Tearless grief bleeds inwardly.

Virtue

The highest virtue found in the tropics is chastity, and in the colder regions, temperance.