To be an agreeable guest one need only enjoy oneself.

Man is born with the faculty of speech. Who gives it to him? He who gives the bird its song.

It is an aspect of all happiness to suppose that we deserve it.

Fancy, an animal faculty, is very different from imagination, which is intellectual. The former is passive; but the latter is active and creative. Children, the weak minded, and the timid are full of fancy. Men and women of intellect, of great intellect, are alone possessed of great imagination.

We may convince others by our arguements, but we can only persuade them by their own

Be saving, but not at the cost of all liberality. Have the soul of a king and the hand of a wise economist.

Chance generally favors the prudent.