What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure.

It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives.

There is less flogging in our great schools than formerly-but then less is learned there; so what the boys get at one end they lose at the other.

Every man speaks and writes with intent to be understood; and it can seldom happen but he that understands himself might convey his notions to another, if, content to be understood, he did not seek to be admired.

Human life is everywhere a state in which much is to be endured, and little to be enjoyed.

Vulgar and inactive minds confound familiarity with knowledge, and conceive themselves informed of the whole nature of things, when they are shown their form or told their use.

The coquette has companions, indeed, but no lovers,--for love is respectful and timorous; and where among her followers will she find a husband?