Death when unmasked shows us a friendly face and is a terror only at a distance.

Titles and mottoes to books are like escutcheons and dignities in the hands of a king. The wise sometimes condescend to accept of them; but none but a fool would imagine them of any real importance. We ought to depend upon intrinsic merit, and not the slender helps of the title.

Good people all, with one accord, Lament for Madam Blaize, Who never wanted a good word From those who spoke her praise.

Life is a journey that must be traveled no matter how bad the roads and accommodations.

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

There is nothing so absurd or ridiculous that has not at some time been said by some philosopher.

Pity, though it may often relieve, is but, at best, a short-lived passion, and seldom affords distress more than transitory assistance; with some it scarce lasts from the first impulse till the hand can be put into the pocket.