True delicacy, as true generosity, is more wounded by an offence from itself--if I may be allowed the expression--than to itself.

I hardly know so true a mark of a little mind as the servile imitation of others.

True delicacy, as true generosity, is more wounded by an offence from itself--if I may be allowed the expression--than to itself.

We should do by our cunning as we do by our courage--always have it ready to defend ourselves, never to offend others.

Out of mind as soon as out of sight.

Unbecoming forwardness oftener proceeds from ignorance than impudence.

To divest one's self of some prejudices would be like taking off the skin to feel the better.