In taking revenge upon our enemies, we are only even with them; in passing over their malice we are superior.
Politeness is sometimes a great tax upon sincerity.
When a person is found less guilty than he is suspected, he is concluded more innocent than he really is.
Truth is too weak to combat prejudice.
No woman is envious of another's virtue who is conscious of her own.
What is called liberality is often no more than the vanity of giving, of which some persons are fonder than of what they give.