There is nothing so lovely as to be beautiful. Beauty is a gift of God and we should cherish it as such.

I dislike clocks with second-hands; they cut up life into too small pieces.

If we could have a little patience, we should escape much mortification; time takes away as much as it gives.

The heart has no wrinkles.

I know of no sorrow greater than that occasioned by a delay of the post.

I do not like to employ secretaries that have more wit than myself. I am afraid to make them write all my nonsense.

Death makes us all equal.