No one's death comes to pass without making some impression, and those close to the deceased inherit part of the liberated soul and become richer in their humanness. ↗
Cheerfulness, it would appear, is a matter which depends fully as much on the state of things within, as on the state of things without and around us. ↗
Literature is my calling To hold up the mirror to my countrymen comes natural to me; and in the open field of invention I am not without hopes of giving them pleasure. ↗