Tears fell from my eyes - yes, weak and foolish as it now appears to me, I wept for my departed youth; and for that beauty of which the faithful mirror too plainly assured me, no remnant existed.

Society punishes not the vices of its members, but their detection.

Our weaknesses are the indigenous produce of our characters; but our strength is the forced fruit.

When we bring back with us the objects most dear, and find those we left unchanged, we are tempted to doubt the lapse of time; but one link in the chain of affection broken, and every thing seems altered.

Flattery, if judiciously administered, is always acceptable.

Pleasure is like a cordial - a little of it is not injurious, but too much destroys.

There is no cosmetic like happiness