Great joy, especially after a sudden change of circumstances, is apt to be silent, and dwells rather in the heart than on the tongue.

We are as liable to be corrupted by books, as by companions.

There is nothing a Man of good Sense dreads so much in a Wife, as her having more Sense than himself.

However exquisitely human nature may have been described by writers, the true practical system can be learned only in the world.

Conscience - the only incorruptible thing about us.

A wonder lasts but nine days, and then the puppy's eyes are open.

Can any man have a higher notion of the rule of right and the eternal fitness of things?