Discretion is the salt, and fancy the sugar of life; the one preserves, the other sweetens it.

The small courtesies sweeten life; the greater ennoble it.

Common sense, alas in spite of our educational institutions, is a rare commodity.

Genius makes its observations in short-hand; talent writes them out at length.

It is with charity as with money--the more we stand in need of it, the less we have to give away.

Tranquil pleasures last the longest; we are not fitted to bear the burden of great joys.

The body of a sensualist is the coffin of a dead soul.