It is often a sign of wit not to show it, and not to see that others want it.

Love is the only possession which we can carry with us beyond the grave.

A pure style in writing results from the rejection of everything superfluous.

To love one that is great, is almost to be great one's self.

One of the first observations to make in conversation is the state, or the character, and the education of the person to whom we speak.

Women do not often have it in their power to give like men, but they forgive like Heaven.

The more heart, the more sorrow.