Flattery, if judiciously administered, is always acceptable.

Listeners beware, for ye are doomed never to hear good of yourselves.

Heaven sends us misfortunes as a moral tonic.

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.

There is no magician like love.

Talent, like beauty, to be pardoned, must be obscure and unostentatious.

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