Politeness is the flower of humanity.
In these times gain is not only a matter of greed, but of ambition.
Maxims are to the intellect what laws are to actions; they do not enlighten, but they guide and direct, and, although themselves blind, are protective.
Monuments are the grappling-irons that bind one generation to another.
In temperance there is ever cleanliness and elegance.
Logic works, metaphysics contemplates.