There is a proverb in the South that a woman laughs when she can, and weeps when she pleases.

Where talent is a dwarf, self-esteem is a giant.

It is almost impossible to find those who admire us entirely lacking in taste.

There are some errors so sweet that we repent them only to bring them to memory.

Conscience serves us especially to judge of the actions of others.

We find ourselves less witty in remembering what we have said than in dreaming of what we would have said.

There is a proverb in the South that a woman laughs when she can, and weeps when she pleases.