There is always a certain meanness in the argument of conservatism, joined with a certain superiority in its fact.

Romeo, of dead, should be cut up into little stars to make the heavens fine. Life, with this pair, has no other aim, asks no more,than Juliet,--than Romeo.

A man's personal defects will commonly have with the rest of the world precisely that importance which they have to himself. If he makes light of them, so will other men.

For splendor, there must somewhere be rigid economy. That the head of the house may go brave, the members must be plainly clad, and the town must save that the State may spend.

God may forgive sins, he said, but awkwardness has no forgiveness in heaven or earth.

Noblesse oblige; or, superior advantages bind you to larger generosity.

So much of our time is spent in preparation, so much in routine, and so much in retrospect, that the amount of each person's genius is confined to a very few hours.