We accept every person in the world as that for which he gives himself out, only he must give himself out for something. We can put up with the unpleasant more easily than we can endure the insignificant.

There are men who never err, because they never propose anything rational.

I always seek the good that is in people and leave the bad to Him who made mankind and knows how to round off the corners.

A well-bred carriage is difficult to imitate; for in strictness it is negative, and it implies a long-continued previous training.

It is one of Heaven's best gifts to hold such a dear creature in one's arms.

Every spoken word arouses our self-will.

The man who acts never has any conscience; no one has any conscience but the man who thinks