Who, in the midst of just provocation to anger, instantly finds the fit word which settles all around him in silence is more than wise or just; he is, were he a beggar, of more than royal blood, he is of celestial descent.

All finery is a sign of littleness.

Each particle of matter is an immensity, each leaf a world, each insect an inexplicable compendium.

The man who loves with his whole heart truth will love still more he who suffers for truth.

He who freely praises what he means to purchase, and he who enumerates the faults of what he means to sell, may set up a partnership with honesty.

It is possible that a wise and good man may be prevailed on to game; but it is impossi∣ble that a professed gamester should be a wise and good man.

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