Prejudices in disfavor of a person fix deeper, and are much more difficult to be removed, than prejudices in favor.

What the unpenetrating world call Humanity, is often no more than a weak mind pitying itself.

Love gratified is love satisfied, and love satisfied is indifference begun.

A beautiful woman must expect to be more accountable for her steps, than one less attractive.

What pity that Religion and Love, which heighten our relish for the things of both worlds, should ever run the human heart into enthusiasm, superstition, or uncharitableness!

Nothing can be more wounding to a spirit not ungenerous, than a generous forgiveness.

Nothing dries sooner than tears.