The sweetest of all sounds is that of the voice of the woman we love.

I am told so many ill things of a man, and I see so few in him, that I begin to suspect he has a real but troublesome merit, as being likely to eclipse that of others.

A man unattached and without wife, if he have any genius at all, may raise himself above his original position, may mingle with the world of fashion, and hold himself on a level with the highest; this is less easy for him who is engaged; it seems as if marriage put the whole world in their proper rank.

We can recognize the dawn and the decline of love by the uneasiness we feel when alone together.

If you wish to be held in esteem, you must ssociate only with those who estimable.

We are valued in this world at the rate we desire to be valued.

Manners carry the world for the moment, character for all time.