Swift speedy time, feathered with flying hours, Dissolves the beauty of the fairest brow.

Common sense (which, in truth, is very uncommon) is the best sense I know of: abide by it; it will counsel you best.

History is but a confused heap of facts.

It is to be presumed, that a man of common sense, who does not desire to please, desires nothing at all; since he must know that he cannot obtain anything without it.

Our own self-love draws a thick veil between us and our faults.

An able man shows his spirit by gentle words and resolute actions. He is neither hot nor timid.

Nothing sharpens the arrow of sarcasm so keenly as the courtesy that polishes it; no reproach is like that we clothe with a smile and present with a bow.