A beautiful woman without fixed principles may be likened to those fair but rootless flowers which float in streams, driven by every breeze.

Flattery, if judiciously administered, is always acceptable.

He who fears not, is to be feared.

We have a reading, a talking, and a writing public. When shall we have a thinking?

The vices of the rich and great are mistaken for error; and those of the poor and lowly, for crimes.

Those can most easily dispense with society who are the most calculated to adorn it; they only are dependent on it who possess no mental resources, for though they bring nothing to the general mart, like beggars, they are too poor to stay at home.

Reason dissipates the illusions of life, but does not console us for their departure.