Dignity and love were never yet boon companions.

The raillery which is consistent with good-breeding is a gentle animadversion of some foible, which, while it raises the laugh in the rest of the company, doth not put the person rallied out of countenance, or expose him to shame or contempt. On the contrary, the jest should be so delicate that the object of it should be capable of joining in the mirth it occasions.

It is much easier to make good men wise, than to make bad men good.

It is well known to all great men, that by conferring an obligation they do not always procure a friend, but are certain of creating many enemies.

A truly elegant taste is generally accompanied with excellency of heart.

Let no man be sorry he has done good, because others concerned with him have done evil! If a man has acted right, he has done well, though along; if wrong, the sanction of all mankind will not justify him.

Beauty may be the object of liking--great qualities of admiration--good ones of esteem--but love only is the object of love.