Alas! we give our own coloring to the actions of others.

anybody's applause is better than nobody's.

... many a heart is caught in the rebound ... Pride may be soothed by the ready devotion of another; vanity may be excited the more keenly by recent mortification.

From religion ... they will learn the only true lesson of equality - the conviction that our destinies are not in our own hands; they will see that no situation in life is without its share of suffering; - and this perpetual reference to a higher power ought equally to teach the rich humility, and the poor devotion.

It is said that ridicule is the test of truth: it is never applied, but when we wish to deceive ourselves.

Business before pleasure.

All beginnings are very troublesome things.