The greatest grossness sometimes accompanies the greatest refinement, as a natural relief.

To give a reason for anything is to breed a doubt of it.

One shining quality lends a lustre to another, or hides some glaring defect.

A gentle word, a kind look, a good-natured smile can work wonders and accomplish miracles.

I like a person who knows his own mind and sticks to it; who sees at once what, in given circumstances, is to be done, and does it.

We do not like our friends the worse because they sometimes give us an opportunity to rail at them heartily. Their faults reconcile us to their virtues.

Prejudice is the child of ignorance.