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

Where love and wisdom drink out of the same cup, in this everyday world, it is the exception.

It were no virtue to bear calamities if we did not feel them.

Reason ought not, like vanity, to adorn herself with ancient parchments, and the display of a genealogical tree; more dignified in her proceedings, and proud of her immortal nature, she ought to derive everything from herself.

Elegance is exquisite polish.

Fiction is a potent agent for good--in the hands of the good.

The more heart, the more sorrow.