If a young lady has that discretion and modesty without which all knowledge is little worth, she will never make an ostentatious parade of it, because she will rather be intent on acquiring more than on displaying what she has.

Of two evils, had not an author better be tedious than superficial! From an overflowing vessel you may gather more, indeed, than you want, but from an empty one you can gather nothing.

he who finds he has wasted a shilling may by diligence hope to fetch it up again; but no repentance or industry can ever bring back one wasted hour.

Commending a right thing is a cheap substitute for doing it, with which we are too apt to satisfy ourselves.

A slowness to applaud betrays a cold temper or an envious spirit.

No man ever repented of being a Christian on his death bed.

To hint at a fault does more mischief than speaking out; for whatever is left for the imagination to finish will not fail to be overdone.