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

We are more prone to murmur at the punishment of our faults than to lament them.

To amend mankind, moralists should show them man, not as he is, but as he ought to be.

Thoughts come maimed and plucked of plumage from the lips, which, from the pea, in the silence of your own leisure and study, would be born with far more beauty.

Religion converts despair, which destroys, into resignation, which submits.

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

The chief prerequisite for a escort is to have a flexible conscience and an inflexible politeness.