Wine displays every little spot of the soul in its utmost deformity.

A contemplation of God's works, a generous concern for the good of mankind, and the unfeigned exercise of humility only, denominate men great and glorious.

Tradition is an important help to history, but its statements should be carefully scrutinized before we rely on them.

There is nothing that makes its way more directly into the soul than beauty.

The first of all virtues is innocence; the next is modesty. If we banish modesty out of the world, she carries away with her half the virtue that is in it.

Words, when well chosen, have so great a force in them, that a description often gives us more lively ideas than the sight of things themselves.

When a man has been guilty of any vice or folly, the best atonement he can make for it is to warn others not to fall into the like.