Something of a person's character may be observed by how they smile. Some never smile they only grin.

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

Without death in the world, existence in it would soon become, through over-population, the most frightful of curses.

Partial culture runs to the ornate, extreme culture to simplicity.

Fame - a few words upon a tombstone, and the truth of those not to be depended on.

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

The knowledge beyond all other knowledge is the knowledge how to excuse.