Slander is the balm of malignity.
Man may aspire to virtue, but he cannot reasonably aspire to truth.
Public opinion is the worst of all opinions.
There some trifles well habited, as there are some fools well clothed.
Contact with the world either breaks or hardens the heart.
Obscurity and Innocence, twin sisters, escape temptations which would pierce their gossamer armor, in contact with the world.