The superfluous is the most necessary.

When you arise in the morning, give thanks for the morning light, for your life and strength. Give thanks for your food, and the joy of living. Tecumseh Appreciation is a wonderful thing; it makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.

I have no morals, yet I am a very moral person

To succeed in the world it is not enough to be stupid, you must also be well-mannered.

I know many books which have bored their readers, but I know of none which has done real evil.

Society therefore is an ancient as the world.

It is fancy rather than taste which produces so many new fashions