I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has read.
There are charms made only for distant admiration.
Ignorance, when it is voluntary, is criminal; and he may be properly charged with evil who refused to learn how he might prevent it.
A man may be very sincere in good principles, without having good practice.
To be happy at home is the ultimate result of all ambition.
Fine clothes are good only as they supply the want of other means of procuring respect.