We listen to those whom we know to be of the same opinion as ourselves, and we call them wise for being of it; but we avoid such as differ from us.

Two evils, of almost equal weight, may befall the man of erudition; never to be listened to, and to be listened to always.

An ingenious mind feels in unmerited praise the bitterest reproof.

It is as wise to moderate our belief as our desires.

Little men build up great ones, but the snow colossus soon melts; the good stand under the eye of God, and therefore stand.

No friendship is so cordial or so delicious as that of girl for girl; no hatred so intense and immovable as that of woman for woman.

The moderate are not usually the most sincere, for the same circumspection which makes them moderate makes them likewise retentive of what could give offence.