No man ever distinguished himself who could not bear to be laughed at.

Surely it is much more generous to forgive and remember, than to forgive and forget.

It is quite fitting that charity should begin at home ... but then it should not end at home; for those that help nobody will find none to help them in time of need.

Business was his aversion; Pleasure was his business.

a straight line is the shortest possible line between any two points - an axiom equally true in morals as in mathematics.

Nature's hasty conscience.

We are all apt to think that an opinion that differs from our own is a prejudice.