Wisdom is the repose of the mind.

Injustice arises either from precipitation, or indolence, or from a mixture of both. - The rapid and slow are seldom just; the unjust wait either not at all, or wait too long.

He whose pride oppresses the humble may perhaps be humbled, but will never be humble.

As you treat your body, so your house, your domestics, your enemies, your friends - Dress is a table of your contents.

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.

He who comes from the kitchen, smells of its smoke; and he who adheres to a sect, has something of its cant; the college air pursues the student; and dry inhumanity him who herds with literary pedants.

A fop of fashion is the mercer's friend, the tailor's fool, and his own foe.