Genius, in one respect, is like gold; numbers of persons are constantly writing about both, who have neither.

Of all the faculties of the mind, memory is the first that flourishes, and the first that dies.

Custom looks to things that are past, and fashion to things that are present, but both of them are somewhat purblind as to things that are to come.

Falsehood is often rocked by truth, but she soon outgrows her cradle and discards her nurse.

Women who are the least bashful are not unfrequently the most modest; and we are never more deceived than when we would infer any laxity of principle from that freedom of demeanor which often arises from a total ignorance of vice.

Moderation is the inseparable companion of wisdom, but with it genius has not even a nodding acquaintance.

There are too many who reverse both the principles and the practice of the Apostles; they become all things to all men, not to serve others, but themselves; and they try all things only to hold fast that which is bad.