Mais le destin n’eut point de tort;

Celle qui vivoit comme Alcide,

Devoit mourir comme il est mort.


Bear and forbear.

The longer I live in this world of roses and thorns, the more I learn to revere those philanthropic axioms, “Bear and forbear,” “Live and let live,”—and to reverence a faith, whose Christian founder has made it a condition of having our trespasses forgiven, that we should forgive the trespasses against us.


A gentleman.

Liberality and generosity of feeling is the surest test of a gentleman.