Some people are capable of making great sacrifices, but few are capable of concealing how much the effort has cost them; and it is this concealment that constitutes their value.

The difference between weakness and wickedness is much less than people suppose; and the consequences are nearly always the same.

Love and enthusiasm are always ridiculous, when not reciprocated by their objects.

Calumny is the offspring of Envy.

When the sun shines on you, you see your friends. It requires sunshine to be seen by them to advantage!

Mediocrity is beneath a brave soul.

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.