No louder shrieks to pitying heaven are cast, When husbands or lap-dogs breathe their last.

A brave man thinks no one his superior who does him an injury, for he has it then in his power to make himself superior to the other by forgiving it.

Ask you what provocation I have had? The strong antipathy of good to bad.

The most positive men are the most credulous, since they most believe themselves, and advise most with their falsest flatterer and worst enemy--their own self-love.

Whenever I find a great deal of gratitude in a poor man, I take it for granted there would be as much generosity if he were a rich man.

Love the offender, yet detest the offense.

No one should be ashamed to admit they are wrong, which is but saying, in other words, that they are wiser today than they were yesterday.