Vanity in an old man is charming. It is a proof of an open, nature. Eighty winters have not frozen him up, or taught him concealments. In a young person it is simply allowable; we do not expect him to be above it.

Judicious praise is to children what the sun is to flowers.

The greatest happiness comes from the greatest activity.

Hard workers are usually honest; industry lifts them above temptation.

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

Many an honest man practices upon himself an amount of deceit sufficient, if practised upon another, and in a little different way, to send him to the state prison.

Love delights in paradoxes. Saddest when it has most reason to be gay, sighs are the signs of its deepest joy, and silence is the expression of its yearning tenderness.