When we find that we are not liked, we assert that we are not understood; when probably the dislike we have excited proceeds from our being too fully comprehended.

Genius is the gold in the mine, talent is the miner who works and brings it out.

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

Women excel more in literary judgment than in literary production,--they are better critics than authors.

We never respect those who amuse us, however we may smile at their comic powers

Satire, like conscience, reminds us of what we often wish to forget.

When we bring back with us the objects most dear, and find those we left unchanged, we are tempted to doubt the lapse of time; but one link in the chain of affection broken, and every thing seems altered.