He that openly tells, his friends all that he thinks of them, must expect that they will secretly tell his enemies much that they do not think of him.

That is true beauty which has not only a substance, but a spirit; a beauty that we must intimately know, justly to appreciate.

If you cannot inspire a woman with love of you, fill her above the brim with love of herself; all that runs over will be yours.

Memory is the friend of wit, but the treacherous ally of invention; there are many books that owe their success to two things; good memory of those who write them, and the bad memory of those who read them

He that has energy enough to root out a vice should go further, and try to plant a virtue in its place.

That profound firmness which enabler a man to regard difficulties but as evils to be surmounted, no matter what shape they may assume.

Some men are very entertaining for a first interview, but after that they are exhausted, and run out; on a second meeting we shall find them flat and monotonous; like hand-organs, we have heard all their tunes.