He who calls in the aid of an equal understanding doubles his own; and he who profits by a superior understanding raises his powers to a level with the height of the superior standing he unites with.

The more accurately we search into the human mind, the stronger traces we everywhere find of his wisdom who made it.

It is undoubtedly true, though it may seem paradoxical,--but, in general, those who are habitually employed in finding and displaying faults are unqualified for the work of reformation.

Never despair, but if you do, work on in despair.

It is by imitation, far more than by precept, that we learn everything; and what we learn thus, we acquire not only more effectually, but more pleasantly.

Hypocrisy can afford to be magnificent in its promises, for never intending to go beyond promise, it costs nothing.

Next to love, Sympathy is the divinest passion of the human heart.