Two persons cannot long be friends if they cannot forgive each other's little failings.

To give awkwardly is churlishness. The most difficult part is to give, then why not add a smile?

The great charm of conversation consists less in the display of one's own wit and intelligence than in the power to draw forth the resources of others.

If you suppress the exorbitant love of pleasure and money, idle curiosity, iniquitous pursuits and wanton mirth, what a stillness would there be in the greatest cities.

When what you read elevates your mind and fills you with noble aspirations, look for no other rule by which to judge a book; it is good, and is the work of a master-hand.

Widows, like ripe fruit, drop easily from their perch.

They that have lived a single day have lived an age.