Poverty cannot deprive us of many consolations. It cannot rob us of the affection we have for each other, or degrade us in our own opinion, of in that of any person, whose opinion we ought to value.

When justice happens to oppose prejudice, we are apt to believe it virtuous to disobey her.

To discover depravity in those whom we have loved, is one of the most exquisite tortures to a virtuous mind, and the conviction is often rejected before it is finally admitted.

There is no accounting for tastes.

What is acquired without labor is seldom worth acquiring at all.

How despicable is that humanity, which can be contented to pity, where it might assuage!

I never trust people's assertions, I always judge of them by their actions.