I know not why there is such a melancholy feeling attached to the remembrance of past happiness, except that we fear that the future can have nothing so bright as the past.

Marriage, like death, is a debt we owe to nature.

Theology in general seems to me a substitution of human ingenuity for divine wisdom.

The strokes of the pen need deliberation as much as the sword needs swiftness.

How utterly are one's best thoughts invaded by this going out in society.

I am confirmed in my division of human energies. Ambitious people climb, but faithful people build.