There can be no Christianity where there is no charity

As the gout seems privileged to attack the bodies of the wealthy, so ennui seems to exert a similar prerogative over their minds.

For one man who sincerely pities our misfortunes, there are a thousand who sincerely hate our success.

A man who knows the world will not only make the most of everything he does know, but of many things he does not know, and will gain more credit by his adroit mode of hiding his ignorance than the pedant by his awkward attempt to exhibit his erudition.

The true measure of your character is what you do when nobody's watching.

Most of our misfortunes are more supportable than the comments of our friends upon them.

Pride, like the magnet, constantly points to one object, self; but, unlike the magnet, it has no attractive pole, but at all points repels.