Ceremonies are different in every country, but true politeness is everywhere the same.

Taste is the power of relishing or rejecting whatever is offered for the entertainment of the imagination.

Like the tiger, that seldom desists from pursuing man after having once preyed upon human flesh, the reader who has once gratified his appetite with calumny makes ever after the most agreeable feast upon murdered reputations!

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

Unequal combinations are always disadvantageous to the weaker side.

Fancy restrained may be compared to a fountain, which plays highest by diminishing the aperture.

As boys should be educated with temperance, so the first greatest lesson that should be taught them is to admire frugality. It is by the exercise of this virtue alone they can ever expect to be useful members of society.