When we are young we lay up for old age; when we are old we save for death.

If our life is unhappy it is painful to bear; if it is happy it is horrible to lose, So the one is pretty equal to the other.

Incivility is not a Vice of the Soul, but the effect of several Vices; of Vanity, Ignorance of Duty, Laziness, Stupidity, Distraction, Contempt of others, and Jealousy.

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

The mind, like all other things, will become impaired, the sciences are its food,--they nourish, but at the same time they consume it.

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

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