No people can be great who have ceased to be virtuous.

While grief is fresh, every attempt to divert only irritates. You must wait till it be digested, and then amusement will dissipate the remains of it.

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

There may be community of material possessions, but there can never be community of love or esteem.

Applause abates diligence.

With what hope can we endeavor to persuade the ladies that the time spent at the toilet is lost in vanity.

I am willing to love all of mankind, except an American.