The greatest pleasure I know, is to do a good action by stealth, and to have it found out by accident.

Some people have a knack of putting upon you gifts of no real value, to engage you to substantial gratitude. We thank them for nothing.

Shall I ask the brave soldier who fights by my side In the cause of mankind, if our creeds agree?

Oh call it by some better name, For friendship sounds too cold.

The Muses were dumb while Apollo lectured.

In the Negro countenance you will often meet with strong traits of benignity. I have felt yearnings of tenderness towards some of these faces.

In the indications of female poverty there can be no disguise. No woman dresses below herself from caprice.