Nobility should be elective, not hereditary.

Surmise is the gossamer that malice blows on fair reputations, the corroding dew that destroys the choice blossom. Surmise is primarily the squint of suspicion, and suspicion is established before it is confirmed.

The ill usage of every minute is a new record against us in heaven.

Indolent people, whatever taste they may have for society, seek eagerly for pleasure, and find nothing. They have an empty head and seared hearts.

Many have been ruined by their fortunes, and many have escaped ruin by the want of fortune. To obtain it the great have become little, and the little great.

The quarter of an hour before dinner is the worst that suitors can choose.

Troops of furies march in the drunkard's triumph.