You can be pleased with nothing if you are not pleased with yourself.

A woman, till five-and-thirty, is only looked upon as a raw girl, and can possibly make no noise in the world till about forty.

I wish you would moderate that fondness you have for your children. I do not mean you should abate any part of your care, or not do your duty to them in its utmost extent, but I would have you early prepare yourself for disappointments, which are heavy in proportion to their being surprising.

While conscience is our friend, all is at peace; however once it is offended, farewell to a tranquil mind.

As I approach a second childhood, I endeavor to enter into the pleasures of it.

To always be loved one must ever be agreeable.

We are apt to consider Shakespeare only as a poet; but he was certainly one of the greatest moral philosophers that ever lived.