Lord Bath used to say of women, who are apt to say that they will follow their own judgment, that they could not follow a worse guide.

I avoid talking before the youth of the age as I would dancing before them: for if one's tongue don't move in the steps of the day, and thinks to please by its old graces, it is only an object of ridicule.

I can forgive injuries, but never benefits.

Justice is rather the activity of truth, than a virtue in itself. Truth tells us what is due to others, and justice renders that due. Injustice is acting a lie.

Old friends are the great blessings of one's later years. Half a word conveys one's meaning. They have a memory of the same events, have the same mode of thinking. I have young relations that may grow upon me, for my nature is affectionate, but can they grow To Be old friends?

The wisest prophets make sure of the event first.

Without grace no book can live, and with it the poorest may have its life prolonged.