The best men are not consistent in good-- why should the worst men be consistent in evil.

Men little know when they say hard things to us how well we remember them, and how much harm they do us.

Some of us rush through life, and some of us saunter through life. Mrs Vesey sat through life.

The books - the generous friends who met me without suspicion - the merciful masters who never used me ill!

We neither know nor judge ourselves; others may judge, but cannot know us. God alone judges and knows us.

Well may your heart believe the truths Well may your heart believe the truths I tell; 'Tis virtue makes the bliss, where'er we dwell.

Women can resist a man's love, a man's fame, a man's personal appearance, and a man's money, but they cannot resist a man's tongue when he knows how to talk to them.