C.N. Douglas, comp. Forty Thousand Quotations: Prose and Poetical. 1917.
Parke Godwin
The greatest of all human benefits, that at least without which no other benefit can be truly enjoyed, is independence.
The greatest pleasures of which the human mind is susceptible are the pleasures of consciousness and sympathy.
The soul that perpetually overflows with kindness and sympathy will always be cheerful.
The true source of cheerfulness is benevolence. The pursuits of mankind are commonly frigid and contemptible, and the mistake comes, at last, to be detected. But virtue is a charm that never fades. The soul that perpetually overflows with kindness and sympathy will always be cheerful.
There is nothing more allied to the barbarous and savage character than sullenness, concealment, and reserve.