Friends are often chosen for similitude of manners, and therefore each palliates the other's failings because they are his own.

Those who will not take the trouble to think for themselves, have always somebody that thinks for them; and the difficulty in writing is to please those from whom others learn to be pleased.

No degree of knowledge attainable by man is able to set him above the want of hourly assistance.

That what cannot be repaired is not to be regretted.

Gratitude is a species of justice.

The true effect of genuine politeness seems to be rather ease than pleasure.

Domestic discord is not inevitably and fatally necessary; but yet it is not easy to avoid.