He who can at all times sacrifice pleasure to duty approaches sublimity.

True worth is as inevitably discovered by the facial expression, as its opposite is sure to be clearly represented there. The human face is nature's tablet, the truth is certainly written thereon.

As the interest of man, so his God - as his God, so he.

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

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.

All affectation is the vain and ridiculous attempt of poverty to appear rich

Be not the fourth friend of him who had three before and lost them.