Flattery, if judiciously administered, is always acceptable.

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.

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.

It is a sad thing to look at happiness only through another's eyes.

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

Flattery, if judiciously administered, is always acceptable.

There is no magician like love.