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.

Men who make money rarely saunter; men who save money rarely swagger.

How little praise warms out of a man the good that is in him, as the sneer of contempt which he feels is unjust chill the ardor to excel.

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

Real philosophy seeks rather to solve than to deny.

It is difficult to say who do you the most mischief, enemies with the worst intentions, or friends with the best.

The worst part of an eminent man's conversation is, nine times out of ten, to be found in that part by which he means to be clever.