"The passions are the seeds of vices as well as of virtues, from which either may spring, accordingly as they are nurtured. Unhappy they who have never been taught the art to govern them!"

"When the mind has once begun to yield to the weakness of superstition, trifles impress it with the force of conviction."

"One act of beneficence, one act of real usefulness, is worth all the abstract sentiment in the world. Sentiment is a disgrace, instead of an ornament, unless it lead us to good actions."

"Happiness arises in a state of peace, not of tumult."

"Poverty cannot deprive us of many consolations. It cannot rob us of the affection we have for each other, or degrade us in our own opinion, of in that of any person, whose opinion we ought to value."

"It is dismal coming home, when there is nobody to welcome one!"

"Waste not fresh tears over old griefs."

"It seems the misfortune of one can plow a deeper furrow in the heart than the misfortune of millions."

"It is light grief that can take counsel."

"I just realized that there's going to be a lot of painful times in life, so I better learn to deal with it the right way."

"The only cure for grief is action."

"What's gone and what's past help Should be past grief."