Nothing is less promising than precocity. A young thistle is more like a future tree than is a young oak.
So soon as a fashion is universal, it is out of date.
Pity is love in undress.
Beware of the virtue which a man boasts is his.
To be young is delightful; to be old is comfortable.
We are valued wither too highly or not high enough; we are never taken at our real worth.