Dignity of position adds to dignity of character, as well as to dignity of carriage. Give us a proud position, and we are impelled to act up to it.

It is the nature of thought to find its way into action.

Most books fail, not so much from a want of ability in their authors, as from an absence in their productions of a thorough development of their ability.

Earth took her shining station as a star, In Heaven's dark hall, high up the crowd of worlds.

Bad taste is a species of bad morals.

Youth is too tumultuous for felicity; old age too insecure for happiness. The period most favorable to enjoyment, in a vigorous, fortunate, and generous life, is that between forty and sixty.

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