Rage is for little wrongs; despair is dumb.

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.

A faint endeavor ends in a sure defeat.

we live in an age which must be amused, though genius, feeling, trust, and principle be the sacrifice.

Long habit so reconciles us to almost any thing, that the grossest improprieties cease to strike us when they once make a part of the common course of action.

... it is a most severe trial for those women to be called to lay down beauty, who have nothing else to take up. It is for this sober season of life that education should lay up its rich resources.

Sweet is the breath of praise when given by those whose own high merit claims the praise they give.