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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.

To Be Truly And Really Independent Is To Support Ourselves By Our Own Exertions.

The Flatterer Easily Insinuates Himself Into The Closet, While Honest Merit Stands Shivering In The Hall Or Antechamber.

Magnanimity Is Above Circumstance; And Any Virtue Which Depends On That Is More Of Constitution Than Of Principle.

Nobility, Without Virtue, Is A Fine Setting Without A Gem