Castles in the air cost a vast deal to keep up.

There is an ill-breeding to which, whatever our rank and nature, we are almost equally sensitive, the ill-breeding that comes from want of consideration for others.

Man must be disappointed with the lesser things of life before he can comprehend the full value of the greater.

In families well ordered, there is always one firm, sweet temper, which controls without seeming to dictate. The Greeks represented Persuasion as crowned.

Death is the only monastery; the tomb is the only cell, and the grave that adjoins the convent is the bitterest mock of its futility.

The man who wants his wedding garments to suit him must allow plenty of time for the measure.

Enthusiasm is the genius of sincerity and truth accomplishes no victories without it