Flattery, if judiciously administered, is always acceptable.

A beautiful woman without fixed principles may be likened to those fair but rootless flowers which float in streams, driven by every breeze.

Praise is the only gift for which people are really grateful.

Calumny is the offspring of Envy.

To appear rich, we become poor.

Our weaknesses are the indigenous produce of our characters; but our strength is the forced fruit.

Heaven sends us misfortunes as a moral tonic.