Truth does not do as much good in the world as its imitations do harm.

The art of using moderate abilities to advantage often brings greater results than actual brilliance

Time's chariot-wheels make their carriage-road in the fairest face.

People would not long remain in social life if they were not the dupes of each other.

If there be a love pure and free from the admixture of our other passions, it is that which lies hidden in the bottom of our heart, and which we know not ourselves.

The whimsicalness of our own humor is a thousand times more fickle and unaccountable than what we blame so much in fortune.

What is perfectly true is perfectly witty.