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.

Unbecoming forwardness oftener proceeds from ignorance than impudence.

It is not enough that you can form nay, and follow, the most excellent rules for conducting yourself in the world. You must also know when to deviate from them, and where lies the exception.

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.

True joy is only hope put out of fear.

The mind of man is this world's true dimension; and knowledge is the measure of the mind.

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