That Grief Is The Most Durable Which

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.

None Are Fit Judges Of Greatness But Those Who Are Capable Of It.

Self-love Leads Men Of Narrow Minds To Measure All Mankind By Their Own Capacity.

The Best Manner Of Avenging Ourselves Is By Not Resembling Him Who Injured Us; And It Is Hardly Possible For One Man To Be More Unlike Another Than He That Forbears To Avenge Himself Of Wrong Is To Him Who Did The Wrong.

If Cowardice Were Not So Completely A Coward As To Be Unable To Look Steadily Upon The Effects Of Courage, He Would Find That There Is No Refuge So Sure As Dauntless Valor.