It is a happy art to know when one has said enough. I would leave my hearers wishing me to say more rather than give them cause toshow, by their inattention, that I had said too much.

The person who will bear much shall have much to bear, all the world through.

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

O! what a Godlike Power is that of doing Good! I envy the Rich and the Great for nothing else!

Great allowances ought to be made for the petulance of persons labouring under ill-health.

A departure from the truth was hardly ever known to be a single one.

If the education and studies of children were suited to their inclinations and capacities, many would be made useful members of society that otherwise would make no figure in it.