Say not you know another entirely till you have divided an inheritance with him.

Not every one who has the gift of speech understands the value of silence.

Who partakes in another's joys is a more humane character than he who partakes in his griefs.

Just so far as we are pleased at finding faults, are we displeased at finding perfection.

Many very intelligent agreeable persons have warts on the forehead, not brown, nor very large, between the eyebrows, which have nothing in them offensive or disgusting. - But a large brown wart on the upper lip, especially when it is bristly, will be found in no person who is not defective in something essential, or at least remarkable for some conspicuous failing.

Where pride begins, love ceases.

Whatever obscurities may involve religious tenets, humility and love constitute the essence of true religion; the humble is formed to adore, the loving to associate with eternal love.