Excellence in any department can be attained only by the labor of a lifetime; it is not to be purchased at a lesser price.

Sir, as a man advances in life, he gets what is better than admiration, - judgement, to estimate things at their true value.

As the greatest liar tells more truths than falsehoods, so may it be said of the worst man, that he does more good than evil.

Consider what importance to society the chastity of women is. Upon that all the property in the world depends. We hang a thief for stealing a sheep; but the unchastity of a woman transfers sheep and farm and all from the right owner.

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

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

Economy is the parent of integrity, of liberty, and of ease, and the beauteous sister of temperance, of cheerfulness and health.