The desire to seem clever often keeps us from being so.

The greatest miracle of love is the cure of coquetry.

To praise great actions with sincerity may be said to be taking part in them.

There are some who never would have loved if they never had heard it spoken of.

It is oftener by the estimation of our own feelings that we exaggerate the good qualities of others than by their merit, and when we praise them we wish to attract their praise.

Virtue is to the soul what health is tot he body.

When we seek reconciliation with our enemies, it is commonly out of a desire to better our own condition, a being harassed and tired out with a state of war, and a fear of some ill accident which we are willing to prevent.