Take a dollar from a thousand and it will be a thousand no more.

You will always find that those are most apt to boast of national merit, who have little or not merit of their own to depend on . . .

The whitewash'd wall, the nicely sanded floor, The varnish'd clock that click'd behind the door; The chest, contriv'd a double debt to pay,- A bed by night, a chest of drawers by day.

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

True generosity is a duty as indispensably necessary as those imposed on us by law.

All his faults are such that one loves him still the better for them.

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