Misers are neither relations, nor friends, nor citizens, nor Christians, nor perhaps even human beings.

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

Next to sound judgment, diamonds and pearls are the rarest things in the world.

In Friendship we only see those faults which may be prejudicial to our friends. In love we see no faults but those by which we suffer ourselves.

The sublime only paints the true, and that too in noble objects; it paints it in all its phases, its cause and its effect; it is the most worthy expression or image of this truth. Ordinary minds cannot find out the exact expression, and use synonymes.

The most amiable people are those who least wound the self-love of others.

One faithful Friend is enough for a man's self, 'tis much to meet with such an one, yet we can't have too many for the sake of others.