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

The opinions of the misanthropical rest upon this very partial basis, that they adopt the bad faith of a few as evidence of the worthlessness of all.

It is with a company as it is with a punch, everything depends upon the ingredients of which it in composed.

Hope is the best part of our riches. What sufficeth it that we have the wealth of the Indies in our pockets, if we have not the hope of heaven in our souls?

The Breath becomes a stone; the stone, a plant; the plant, an animal; the animal, a man; the man, a spirit; and the spirit, a god.

Mortal beauty stings while it delights.

Fortune, like a coy mistress, loves to yield her favors, though she makes us wrest them from her.