The sure mark of one born with noble qualities is being born without envy.
The courage of a great many men, and the virtue of a great many women, are the effect of vanity, shame, and especially a suitabletemperament.
Time's chariot-wheels make their carriage-road in the fairest face.
Weakness is the only fault that is incorrigible.
No fools are so difficult to manage as those with some brains.
Nothing hinders a thing from being natural so much as the straining ourselves to make it seem so.