He who has no taste for order, will be often wrong in his judgment, and seldom considerate or conscientious in his actions.

The proportion of genius to the vulgar is like one to a million.

A gift--its kind, its value and appearance; the silence or the pomp that attends it; the style in which it reaches you--may decide the dignity or vulgarity of the giver.

No communication or gift can exhaust genius or impoverish charity.

The manner of giving shows the character of the giver, more than the gift itself.

Truth, wisdom, love, seek reasons; malice only seeks causes.

It is a poor wit who lives by borrowing the words, decisions, mien, inventions and actions of others.