Grace is in garments, in movements, in manners; beauty in the nude, and in forms. This is true of bodies; but when we speak of feelings, beauty is in their spirituality, and grace in their moderation.

To the liberal ideas of the age must be opposed the moral ideas of all ages.

Some superior minds are unrecognized because there is no standard by which to weigh them.

There are those to whom one must advise madness.

Science confounds everything; it gives to the flowers an animal appetite, and takes away from even the plants their chastity.

Proverbs may be said to be the abridgment of wisdom.

The mind is the atmosphere of the soul.