A proud man never shows his pride so much as when he is civil.

As charity covers a multitude of sins before God, so does politeness before men.

A proud man never shows his pride so much as when he is civil.

A very small offence may be a just cause for great resentment: it is often much less the particular instance which is obnoxious to us than the proof it carries with it of the general tenor and disposition of the mind from whence it sprung.

There is an unfortunate disposition in a man to attend much more to the faults of his companions which offend him, than to their perfections which please him.

Our companions please us less from the charms we find in their conversation than from those they find in ours.

I hardly know so melancholy a reflection as that parents are necessarily the sole directors of the management of children, whether they have or have not judgment, penetration or taste to perform the task.