No woman is capable of being beautiful who is not incapable of being false.

Of all the affections which attend human life, the love of glory is the most ardent.

When a man is not disposed to hear music, there is not a more disagreeable sound in harmony than that of the violin.

Conversation never sits easier upon us than when we now and then discharge ourselves in a symphony of laughter, which may not improperly be called the chorus of conversation.

A man advanced in years that thinks fit to look back on his former life, and calls that only life which was passed with satisfaction and enjoyment, excluding all parts which were not pleasant to him, will find himself very young, if not in infancy.

Whoever would be wise should read the Proverbs; whoever would be holy should read the Psalms.

Many take pleasure in spreading abroad the weakness of an exalted character.