Fancy Brings Us As Many Vain Hopes

True Resignation, Which Always Brings With It The Confidence That Unchangeable Goodness Will Make Even The Disappointment Of Our Hopes, And The Contradictions Of Life, Conducive To Some Benefit, Casts A Grave But Tranquil Light Over The Prospect Of Even A Toilsome And Troubled Life.

The Mere Reality Of Life Would Be Inconceivably Poor Without The Charm Of Fancy, Which Brings In Its Bosom, No Doubt, As Many Vain Fears As Idle Hopes, But Lends Much Oftener To The Illusions It Calls Up A Gay Flattering Hue Than One Which Inspires Terror.

Wherever The Citizen Becomes Indifferent To His Fellows, So Will The Husband Be To His Wife, And The Father Of A Family Toward The Members Of His Household.

If It Were Possible To Make An Accurate Calculation Of The Evils Which Police Regulations Occasion, And Of Those Which They Prevent, The Number Of The Former Would, In All Cases, Exceed That Of The Latter.

All Situations In Which The Interrelationships Between Extremes Are Involved Are The Most Interesting And Instructive.