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.

Every man has his devilish minutes.

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

Copiousness and simplicity, variety and unity, constitute real greatness of character.

He who seeks to imbitter innocent pleasure has a cancer in his heart.

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.

Those who speak always and those who never speak are equally unfit for friendship. A food proportion of the talent of listening and speaking is the base of social virtues.