A woman seldom asks advice before she has bought her wedding clothes.
Among the several kinds of beauty, the eye takes most delight in colors.
Facts are plain spoken; hopes and figures are its aversion.
It is of unspeakable advantage to possess our minds with an habitual good intention, and to aim all our thoughts, words, and actions at some laudable end.
Nothing is more gratifying to the mind of man than power or dominion.
Mere bashfulness without merit is awkwardness.