Nothing dries sooner than tears.

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

Necessity may well be called the mother of invention but calamity is the test of integrity.

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

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

A fop takes great pains to hang out a sign, by his dress, of what he has within.

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.