Vast is the field of Science... the more a man knows, the more he will find he has to know.

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

The companion of an evening, and the companion for life, require very different qualifications.

Good men must be affectionate men.

Those commands of superiors which are contrary to our first duties are not to be obeyed.

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.

Whenever we approve, we can find a hundred good reasons to justify our approbation. Whenever we dislike, we can find a thousand to justify our dislike.