When the cup of any sensual pleasure is drained to the bottom, there is always poison in the dregs.

National antipathy is the basest, because the most illiberal and illiterate of all prejudices.

I never yet heard man or woman much abused, that I was not inclined to think the better of them; and to transfer any suspicion or dislike, to the person who appeared to take delight in pointing out the defects of a fellow-creature.

There is nothing so clear-sighted and sensible as a noble mind in a low estate.

Happiness is not perfected until it is shared.

It has been wisely said, "that well may thy guardian angel suffer thee to lose thy locks, when thou darest wilfully to lay thy head in the lap of temptation!" Was it not easier for the hero of Judaea to avoid the touch of the fair Philistine, than to elude her power when held in her arms?

The pure in heart are slow to credit calumnies, because they hardly comprehend what motives can be inducements to the alleged crimes.