The Fruition Of What Is Unlawful Must

Any Base Heart Can Devise Means Of Vileness, And Affix The Ugly Shapings Of Its Own Fancy To The Actions Of Those Around Him; But It Requires Loftiness Of Mind, And The Heaven-born Spirit Of Virtue, To Imagine Greatness Where It Is Not, And To Deck The Sordid Objects Of Nature In The Beautiful Robes Of Loveliness And Light.

The Fruition Of What Is Unlawful Must Be Followed By Remorse. The Core Sticks In The Throat After The Apple Is Eaten, And The Sated Appetite Loathes The Interdicted Pleasure For Which Innocence Was Bartered.

National Antipathy Is The Basest, Because The Most Illiberal And Illiterate Of All Prejudices.

A Generous Spirit Is As Eloquent In Acknowledging Benefits As It Is Bounteous In Bestowing Them.

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