Bounty always receives part of its value from the manner in which it is bestowed.
Must helpless man, in ignorance sedate, roll darkly down the torrent of his fate.
I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has read.
Of riches it is not necessary to write the praise. Let it, however, be remembered that he who has money to spare has it always in his power to benefit others, and of such power a good man must always be desirous.
It is better to suffer wrong than to do it.
Among many parallels which men of imagination have drawn between the natural and moral state of the world, it has been observed that happiness as well as virtue consists in mediocrity.