We are not slow at discovering the selfishness of others; for this plain reason--because it clashes with our own.

Wit catches of wit, as fire of fire.

The greatest slave in a kingdom is generally the king of it.

We are not slow at discovering the selfishness of others; for this plain reason--because it clashes with our own.

It has been said that the beauties of the mind are valuable because they are more lasting than those of the body; but I do not remember to have heard it said that the beauties of the mind are valuable because they make those of the body more lasting.

No man ever reaches manhood till a woman's tenderness Is a part of his possession.

Man is the only creature endowed with the power of laughter; is he not also the only one that deserves to be laughed at?