Politeness requires this thing; decorum that; ceremony has its forms, and fashion its laws, and these must always follow, never the promptings of our own nature.

Cities are the sinks of the human race.

It is often said that my heart is too open for my own good.

If it is reason that forms man then it is the emotions that guide her.

If a king tries to start a war, a mother should go to him and forbid it.

Hatred as well as love, renders its votaries credulous.

I felt before I thought