There is something in the ardour and ingenousness of youth, which is particularly pleasing to the contemplation of an old man, if his feelings have not been entirely corroded by the world.

A well-informed mind is the best security against the contagion of folly and vice. The vacant mind is ever on the watch for relief, and ready to plunge into error, to escape from the languor of idleness. Store it with ideas, teach it the pleasure of thinking; and the temptations of the world without, will be counteracted by the gratifications derived from the world within.

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

What has a man's face to do with his character? Can a man of good character help having a disagreeable face?

Vanity often produces unreasonable alarm.

It is dismal coming home, when there is nobody to welcome one!

There is no accounting for tastes.