Taste has never been corrupted by simplicity.
How many books there are whose reputation is made that would not obtain it were it now to make?
A man who shows no defect is a fool or a hypocrite, whom we should mistrust. There are defects so bound to fine qualities that they announce them,--defects which it is well not to correct.
Before you use a fancy word, make room for it.
Politeness is the flower of humanity.
When credulity comes from the heart it does no harm to the intellect.