The motives even of our best actions will not always bear examination.
The silence of a man who loves to praise is a censure sufficiently severe.
No woman is envious of another's virtue who is conscious of her own.
Politeness is sometimes a great tax upon sincerity.
Custom ... changes the very nature of things; and what was honorable a thousand years ago, may probably be looked upon as infamous now.
Truth is too weak to combat prejudice.