Nations and men are only the best when they are the gladdest, and deserve heaven when they enjoy it.
The look of a king is itself a deed.
Universal love is a glove without fingers, which fits all bands alike and none closely; but true affection is like a glove with fingers, which fits one hand only, and sits close to that one.
It is easy to flatter; it is harder to praise.
Repetition is the mother of education.
Memory, wit, fancy, acuteness, cannot grow young again in old age, but the heart can.