Politeness is the art of choosing among your thoughts.
Life often seems like a long shipwreck of which the debris are friendship, glory, and love. - The shores of existence are strewn with them.
Genius is essentially creative; it bears the stamp of the individual who possesses it.
Gaiety pleases more when we are assured that it does not cover carelessness.
Speech happens to not be his language.
Providence protects us in all the details of our lot.