None of us are so much praised or censured as we think.

Wit in women is a jewel, which, unlike all others, borrows lustre from its setting, rather than bestows it; since nothing is so easy as to fancy a very beautiful woman extremely witty.

Those that know the least of others think the highest of themselves.

We should have all our communications with men, as in the presence of God; and with God, as in the presence of men.

He that places himself neither higher nor lower than he ought to do exercises the truest humility.

It is not every man that can afford to wear a shabby coat.

Much may be done in those little shreds and patches of time which every day produces, and which most men throw away.