Even when we fancy we have grown wiser, it is only, it may be, that new prejudices have displaced old ones.

The next best thing to being witty one's self, is to be able to be able to quote another's wit.

Excessive sensibility is only another name for morbid self-consciousness.

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

Pride is like the beautiful acacia, that lifts its head proudly above its neighbor plants-forgetting that it too, like them, has its roots in the dirt.

Every trait of beauty may be referred to some virtue, as to innocence, candor, generosity, modesty, or heroism. St. Pierre To cultivate the sense of the beautiful, is one of the most effectual ways of cultivating an appreciation of the divine goodness.

Enthusiasm is the inspiration of everything great.