Conservatism discards Prescription, shrinks from Principle, disavows Progress; having rejected all respect for antiquity, it offers no redress for the present, and makes no preparation for the future.

Female friendships are of rapid growth.

The praise of a fool is incense to the wisest of us . . .

I pride myself in recognizing and upholding ability in every party and wherever I meet it.

Turtle makes all men equal.

Grief is the agony of an instant. The indulgence of grief the blunder of a life.

If confidence is a plant of slow growth, credit is one which matures much more slowly.