Selfishness, if but reasonably tempered with wisdom, is not such an evil trait.
If country life be healthful to the body, it is no less so to the mind.
More people laugh at us than with us, however it may appear at the moment.
Curses are like processions. They return to the place from which they came.
Beauty is an exquisite flower, and its perfume is virtue.
Rank and riches are chains of gold, but still chains.