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

What was said by the Latin poet of labor--that it conquers all things--is much more true when applied to impudence.

Ingratitude never so thoroughly pierces the human breast as when it proceeds from those in whose behalf we have been guilty of transgressions.

Though we may sometimes unintentionally bestow our beneficence on the unworthy, it does not take from the merit of the act. For charity doth not adopt the vices of its objects.

Never trust the man who has reason to suspect that you know he hath injured you.

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

A rich man without charity is a rogue; and perhaps it would be no difficult matter to prove that he is also a fool.