Parent of sweetest sounds, yet mute forever.

The measure of a man's real character is what he would do if he knew he would never be found out.

The upper current of society presents no pertain criterion by which we can judge of the direction in which the under current flows.

Our judgment ripens; our imagination decays. We cannot at once enjoy the flowers of the Spring of life and the fruits of its Autumn.

That is the best government which desires to make the people happy, and knows how to make them happy.

The best portraits are those in which there is a slight mixture of caricature.

That wonderful book, while it obtains admiration from the most fastidious critics, is loved by those who are too simple to admire it.