Strong characters are brought out by change of situation, and gentle ones by permanence.

Nothing is more beautiful than cheerfulness in an old face.

Nations and men are only the best when they are the gladdest, and deserve heaven when they enjoy it.

The conscience of children is formed by the influences that surround them; their notions of good and evil are the result of the moral atmosphere they breathe.

What Cicero said of men-that they are like wines, age souring the bad, and bettering the good-we can say of misfortune, that it has the same effect upon them.

It is easier and handier for men to flatter than to praise.

As a man grows older it is harder and harder to frighten him.