Perfection is immutable. But for things imperfect, change is the way to perfect them.

There is no belittling worse than to over praise a man.

It is a most unhappy state to be at a distance with God: man needs no greater infelicity than to be left to himself.

We pick our own sorrows out of the joys of other men, and from their sorrows likewise we derive our joys.

When two friends part they should lock up one another's secrets, and interchange their keys.

The greatest results in life are usually attained by simple means and the exercise of ordinary qualities. These may for the most part be summed up in these two - common sense and perseverance.

Virtue were a kind of misery if fame were all the garland that crowned her.