When any fit of gloominess, or perversion of mind, lays hold upon you, make it a rule not to publish it by complaints, but exert your whole care to hide it; by endeavouring to hide it; you will dry it away. Be always busy.

Greece appears to be the fountain of knowledge; Rome of elegance

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing - it only hastens fools to rush in where angels fear to tread.

Without good humour, learning and bravery can only confer that superiority which swells the heart of the lion in the desert, where he roars without reply, and ravages without resistance. Without good humour virtue may awe by its dignity and amaze by its brightness, but must always be viewed at a distance, and will scarcely gain a friend or attract an imitator.

What is read twice is usually remembered more than what is once written.

Those authors are to be read at schools that supply most axioms of prudence.

In matters of business, no woman stops at integrity.