Truth is too weak to combat prejudice.
No woman is envious of another's virtue who is conscious of her own.
Politeness is sometimes a great tax upon sincerity.
In taking revenge upon our enemies, we are only even with them; in passing over their malice we are superior.
There is no logic like the logic of the heart.
Custom ... changes the very nature of things; and what was honorable a thousand years ago, may probably be looked upon as infamous now.