What ever our wandering our happiness will always be found within a narrow compass, and in the middle of the objects more immediately within our reach.

The great secrets of being courted are, to shun others, and seem delighted with yourself.

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

A man of genius is inexhaustible only in proportion as he is always renourishing his genius.

Chance happens to all, but to turn chance to account is the gift of few.

Happiness and virtue rest upon each other; the best are not only the happiest, but the happiest are usually the best.

Invention is nothing more than a fine deviation from, or enlargement on a fine model . . .