I trust in God,—the right shall be the right

And other than the wrong, while he endures.

I trust in my own soul, that can perceive

The outward and the inward,—Nature's good

And God's.

A Soul's Tragedy. Act i.

Ever judge of men by their professions. For though the bright moment of promising is but a moment, and cannot be prolonged, yet if sincere in its moment's extravagant goodness, why, trust it, and know the man by it, I say,—not by his performance; which is half the world's work, interfere as the world needs must with its accidents and circumstances: the profession was purely the man's own. I judge people by what they might be,—not are, nor will be.

A Soul's Tragedy. Act ii.

There 's a woman like a dewdrop, she 's so purer than the purest.

A Blot in the 'Scutcheon. Act i. Sc. iii.