Minds of moderate caliber ordinarily condemn everthing which is beyond their range.

Avarice is more opposite to economy than liberality.

That which occasions so many mistakes in the computations of men, when they expect return for favors, is that the giver's pride and the receiver's cannot agree upon the value of the kindness done.

Humility is the altar upon which God wishes that we should offer Him His sacrifices.

True love is like ghosts, which everyone talks about and few have seen.

Opportunity makes us known to others, but more to ourselves.

We are almost always bored by just those whom we must not find boring.