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

Men are capable of making great sacrifices, who are not willing to make the lesser ones, on which so much of the happiness of life depends. The great sacrifices are seldom called for, but the minor ones are in daily requisition; and the making them with cheerfulness and grace enhances their value.

Many minds that have withstood the most severe trials have been broken down by a succession of ignoble cares.

The future: A consolation for those who have no other.

In France, a woman may forget that she is neither young nor handsome; for the absence of these claims to attention does not expose her to be neglected by the male sex.

Flattery, if judiciously administered, is always acceptable.

Conversation is the legs on which thought walks; and writing, the wings by which it flies.