The post of honour is a private station.

From hence, let fierce contending nations know, what dire effects from civil discord flow.

A fine coat is but a livery when the person who wears it discovers no higher sense than that of a footman.

Jealousy is that pain which a man feels from the apprehension that he is not equally beloved by the person whom he entirely loves.

The pleasantest part of a man's life is generally that which passes in courtship, provided his passion be sincere, and the party beloved kind with discretion. Love, desire, hope, all the pleasing emotions of the soul, rise in the pursuit.

Good nature will always supply the absence of beauty; but beauty cannot supply the absence of good nature.

The chief ingredients in the composition of those qualities that gain esteem and praise, are good nature, truth, good sense, and good breeding.