Do not let the fascinations of a brilliant exterior, nor even ardent expressions of regard, make you for a moment forget that, when he first came near you, your spirit shrunk away, as from something that would do it harm.

If you observe such a man closely, weigh all that he does and says, when ardent in the pursuit of some desired object, you will not lack for more palpable evidences of his quality than the simple impression which the sphere of his life made at your first meeting.
Guarded as men are, who make an exterior different from their real quality, they are never able to assume a perfect disguise--no more than a deformed person can so hide, by dress, the real shape, that the attentive eye cannot discern its lack of symmetry.

The eyes of your spirit see truths, as your natural eyes see material objects; and truths are real things.

There are true principles, which, if obeyed, lead to what is good; and there are false principles, which, if followed, lead to evil.

The one conducts to happiness, the other to inevitable misery.