The most ignorant are the boldest conjecturers.

It seems to me that physical sickness softens, just as moral sickness hardens, the heart.

Ceremony is necessary in Courts, as the outwork and defense of manners.

A gentleman is often seen, but very seldom heard to laugh.

Vice, in its true light, is so deformed, that it shocks us at first sight; and would hardly ever seduce us, if it did not at first wear the mask of some virtue.

Those whom you can make like themselves better will, I promise you, like you very well.

Know the true value of time; snatch, seize, and enjoy every moment of it.