"It is far more important to me to preserve an unblemished conscience than to compass any object however great" — William Ellery Channing

To be sick is to enjoy monarchical prerogatives

Things only have the value that we give them

The world loves a spice of wickedness

Parentage is a very important profession, but no test of fitness for it is ever imposed in the interest of the children

Scenery is fine - but human nature is finer

An ounce of mother is worth a pound of clergy.

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