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

Friends are the thermometer by which we may judge the temperature of our fortunes.

He who would remain honest ought to keep away want.

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.

Here Fashion is a despot, and no one dreams of evading its dictates.

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.

Only vain people wage war against the vanity of others.