Black detraction will find faults where they are not.

True dignity is never gained by place, and never lost when honors are withdrawn.

How sweetly sounds the voice of a good woman! It is so seldom heard that, when it speaks,it ravishes all senses.

Ambition, in a private man is a vice, is in a prince the virtue.

Revenge, that thirsty dropsy of our souls, makes us covet that which hurts us most.

Virtue, thou in rags, may challenge more than vice set off with all the trim of greatness.

The over curious are not over wise.