Taste, when once obtained, may be said to be no acquiring faculty, and must remain stationary; but knowledge is of perpetual growth and has infinite demands. Taste, like an artificial canal, winds through a beautiful country, but its borders are confined and its term is limited. Knowledge navigates the ocean, and is perpetually on voyages of discovery.

We make our own fortune and call it destiny.

Women carry a beautiful hand with them to the grave, when a beautiful face has long ago vanished.

My idea of an acceptable person is someone that is ready to accept my ideas.

Nature is stronger than education.

Change is constant in a progressive country.

Customs may not be as wise as laws, but they are always more popular.