In the society of ladies, want of sense is not so unpardonable as want of manners.

The true friend of truth and good loves them under all forms, but he loves them most under the most simple form.

Habit is altogether too arbitrary a master for me to submit to.

The creditor whose appearance gladdens the heart of a debtor may hold his head in sunbeams and his foot on storms.

He who, when called upon to speak a disagreeable truth, tells it boldly and has done is both bolder and milder than he who nibbles in a low voice and never ceases nibbling.

He who can conceal his joys, is greater than he who can hide his griefs

To realize that you were mistaken, is just the acknowledgement , that you are wiser today than you were yesterday.