Hers Quotes

That he delights in the misery of others no man will confess, and yet what other motive can make a father cruel?

Some virtues are only seen in affliction and others only in prosperity.

I have somewhere met with the epitaph on a charitable man which has pleased me very much. I cannot recollect the words, but here is the sense of it: 'What I spent I lost; what I possessed is left to others; what I gave away remains with me.'

It is only imperfection that complains of what is imperfect. The more perfect we are the more gentle and quiet we become towards the defects of others.

After being Turned Down by numerous Publishers, he had decided to write for Posterity.