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

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.

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

Prejudices are the chains forged by ignorance to keep men apart.

One of the most marked characteristics of our day is a reckless neglect of principles, and a rigid adherence to their semblance.

Tears may be dried up, but the heart - never.

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