The World, thinking itself affronted by superior merit, takes delight to bring it down to its own level.

...for my master, bad as I have thought him, is not half so bad as this woman.-To be sure she must be an atheist!

The mind can be but full. It will be as much filled with a small disagreeable occurrence, having no other, as with a large one.

As a child is indulged or checked in its early follies, a ground is generally laid for the happiness or misery of the future man.

Those who respect age, deserve to live to be old, and to be respected themselves.

Love before marriage is absolutely necessary.

Good men must be affectionate men.