Honesty is good sense, politeness, amiableness,--all in one.
There is a good and a bad light in which every thing that befalls us may be taken. If the human mind will busy itself to make theworst of every disagreeable occurrence, it will never want woe.
It is better to be thought perverse than insincere.
A man who flatters a woman hopes either to find her a fool or to make her one.
We are all very ready to believe what we like.
Quantity in diet is more to be regarded than quality. A full meal is a great enemy both to study and industry.