A good man, though he will value his own countrymen, yet will think as highly of the worthy men of every nation under the sun.

We are all very ready to believe what we like.

Love will draw an elephant through a key-hole.

Nothing in human nature is so God-like as the disposition to do good to our fellow-creatures.

All our pursuits, from childhood to manhood, are only trifles of different sorts and sizes, proportioned to our years and views.

A widow's refusal of a lover is seldom so explicit as to exclude hope.

To what a bad choice is many a worthy woman betrayed, by that false and inconsiderate notion, That a reformed rake makes the best husband!