There are some faults so nearly allied to excellence that we can scarce weed out the vice without eradicating the virtue.

Truth from his lips prevailed with double sway, and fools, who came to scoff, remained to pray.

A traveler of taste will notice that the wise are polite all over the world, but the fool only at home.

A man's own heart must ever be given to gain that of another.

Every want that stimulates the breast becomes a source of pleasure when redressed.

Is it that Nature, attentive to the preservation of mankind, increases our wishes to live, while she lessens our enjoyments, and as she robs the senses of every pleasure, equips imag-ination in the spoil?

Her modest looks the cottage might adorn, Sweet as the primrose peeps beneath the thorn.