All papas and mammas have exactly that sort of sight which distinguishes objects at a distance clearly, while they need spectacles to see those under their very noses.

Trifling favors are readily acknowledged, though cheaply esteemed; but important ones are most rarely remembered.

Rank and riches are chains of gold, but still chains.

If country life be healthful to the body, it is no less so to the mind.

Selfishness, if but reasonably tempered with wisdom, is not such an evil trait.

The perception of the beautiful is gradual, and not a lightning revelation; it requires not only time, but some study.

Curses are like processions. They return to the place from which they came.