There is noting truly valuable which can be purchased without pains and labor. The gods have set a price upon every real and noble pleasure.

True happiness arises, in the first place, from the enjoyment of one's self, and in the next, from the friendship and conversation of a few select companions.

Mutability of temper and inconsistency with ourselves is the greatest weakness of human nature.

The Obedience of Children to their Parents is the Basis of all Government, and set forth as the measure of that Obedience which weowe to those whom Providence hath placed over us.

The head has the most beautiful appearance, as well as the highest station, in a human figure.

To this end, nothing is to be more carefully consulted than plainness. In a lady's attire this is the single excellence; for to be what some people call fine, is the same vice, in that case, as to be florid is in writing or speaking.

There is a sort of economy in Providence that one shall excel where another is defective, in order to make men more useful to each other, and mix them in society.