To death we owe our life; the passing of one generation opens a way for another.

Women seldom forfeit their claims to respect to men whom they respect.

The loss of a beloved connection awakens an interest in Heaven before unfelt.

Wit must be without effort. Wit is play, not work; a nimbleness of the fancy, not a laborious effort of the will; a license, a holiday, a carnival of thought and feeling, not a trifling with speech, a constraint upon language, a duress upon words.

It is of very little use in trying to be dignified, if dignity is no part of your character.

Great warriors, like great earthquakes, are principally remembered for the mischief they have done.

The best evidence of merit is a cordial recognition of it whenever and wherever it may be found.