Actions are visible, though motives are secret.

It would add much to human happiness, if an art could be taught of forgetting all of which the remembrance is at once useless and afflictive, that the mind might perform its functions without encumbrance, and the past might no longer encroach upon the present.

Nothing flatters a man as much as the happiness of his wife; he is always proud of himself as the source of it.

Always, Sir, set a high value on spontaneous kindness. he whose inclination prompts him to cultivate your friendship of his own accord, will love you more than one whom you have been at pains to attach to you.

Studious to please, yet not ashamed to fail.

Try and forget our cares and sickness, and contribute, as we can to the happiness of each other.

An epithet or metaphor drawn from nature ennobles art; an epithet or metaphor drawn from art degrades nature.