True charity is spontaneous and finds its own occasion; it is never the offspring of importunity, nor of emulation.
Hatred is self-punishment. Hatred it the coward's revenge for being intimidated.
No one has a greater asset for his business than a man's pride in his work.
It is easy to be beautiful; it is difficult to appear so.
Exaggeration is a blood relation to falsehood and nearly as blamable.
That alone can be called true refinement which elevates the soul of man, purifying the manners by improving the intellect.