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It is the passion that is in a kiss that gives to it its sweetness, it is the affection in a kiss that sanctifies it.

Passion doesn't look beyond the moment of its existence.

The body of a sensualist is the coffin of a dead soul.

Every trait of beauty may be referred to some virtue, as to innocence, candor, generosity, modesty, or heroism. St. Pierre To cultivate the sense of the beautiful, is one of the most effectual ways of cultivating an appreciation of the divine goodness.

Many children, many cares; no children, no felicity.

Courage enlarges, cowardice diminishes resources. In desperate straits the fears of the timid aggravate the dangers that imperil the brave.

Example has more followers than reason. We unconsciously imitate what pleases us, and approximate to the characters we most admire.

A pleasant illusion is better than a harsh reality.

The highest virtue found in the tropics is chastity, and in the colder regions, temperance.

Genius makes its observations in short-hand; talent writes them out at length.

The grandest of all laws is the law of progressive development. Under it, in the wide sweep of things, men grow wiser as they grow older, and societies better.

Tearless grief bleeds inwardly.

Affliction, like the iron-smith, shapes as it smites.

Panic is a sudden desertion of us, and a going over to the enemy of our imagination.

A pleasant illusion is better than a harsh reality.

The body of a sensualist is the coffin of a dead soul.

Tearless grief bleeds inwardly.

The highest virtue found in the tropics is chastity, and in the colder regions, temperance.