Beware of the virtue which a man boasts is his.

The sympathy of most people consists of a mixture of good-humour, curiosity, and self-importance.

A book cannot easily be too bad for the general public, but may easily be too good.

We are valued wither too highly or not high enough; we are never taken at our real worth.

To be young is delightful; to be old is comfortable.

n every exalted joy, there mingles a sense of gratitude.

There are times when to be reasonable is to be cowardly.