We are told to walk noiselessly through the world, that we may waken neither hatred, nor envy; but, alas! what can we do when they never sleep!

People who declare that they belong to no party certainly do not belong to ours.

Do not crowd the understanding; it can comprehend so much and no more. A pint pot will not contain the measure of a quart.

The most exacting jailer is our own conscience.

It is only before those who are glad to hear it, and anxious to spread it, that we find it easy to speak ill of others.

The virtuous woman flees from danger; she trusts more to her prudence in shunning it than in her strength to overcome it.

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