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

Any base heart can devise means of vileness, and affix the ugly shapings of its own fancy to the actions of those around him; but it requires loftiness of mind, and the heaven-born spirit of virtue, to imagine greatness where it is not, and to deck the sordid objects of nature in the beautiful robes of loveliness and light.

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

If cowardice were not so completely a coward as to be unable to look steadily upon the effects of courage, he would find that there is no refuge so sure as dauntless valor.

A generous spirit is as eloquent in acknowledging benefits as it is bounteous in bestowing them.

Goodness is equally hateful to the wicked, as vice is to the virtuous.

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