A man should never boast of his courage, nor a woman of her virtue, lest their doing so should be the cause of calling their possession of them into question.

There is no knowledge for which so great a price is paid as a knowledge of the world; and no one ever became an adept in it except at the expense of a hardened or a wounded heart.

Pleasure is like a cordial - a little of it is not injurious, but too much destroys.

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

Superstition is only the fear of belief, while religion is the confidence.

Men who would persecute others for religious opinions, prove the errors of their own.

He who fears not, is to be feared.