It is not designed that the road should be made too smooth for us here upon earth.

It is not designed that the road should be made too smooth for us here upon earth.

Be shocking, be daring, be bold, be passionate.

The flatterer easily insinuates himself into the closet, while honest merit stands shivering in the hall or antechamber.

We value the devotedness of friendship rather as an oblation to vanity than as a free interchange of hearts; an endearing contract of sympathy, mutual forbearance, and respect!

Self-love leads men of narrow minds to measure all mankind by their own capacity.

True virtue, when she errs, needs not the eyes of men to excite her blushes; she is confounded at her own presence, and covered with confusion of face.