Gracefulness is to the body what understanding is to the mind.

We seldom praise anyone in good earnest, except such as admire us.

It takes more strength of character to withstand good fortune than bad.

The best way to rise in society is to use all possible means of persuading people that one has already risen in society.

Gratitude is a useless word. You will find it in a dictionary but not in life.

Humility is the sure evidence of Christian virtues. Without it, we retain all our faults still, and they are only covered over with pride, which hides them from other men's observation, and sometimes from our own too.

Fancy sets the value on the gifts of fortune.