"O! what a Godlike Power is that of doing Good! — I envy the Rich and the Great for nothing else!"

"My Master said, on another Occasion, that those who doubt most, always erred least."

"That dangerous but too commonly received notion, that a reformed rake makes the best husband."

"The person who will bear much shall have much to bear, all the world through."

"The pleasures of the mighty are obtained by the tears of the poor."

"Love gratified, is love satisfied — and love satisfied, is indifference begun."

"Nothing can be more wounding to a spirit not ungenerous, than a generous forgiveness."

"Vast is the field of Science … the more a man knows, the more he will find he has to know."

"The World, thinking itself affronted by superior merit, takes delight to bring it down to its own level."

"I am forced, as I have often said, to try to make myself laugh, that I may not cry: for one or other I must do."