Modesty is the lowest of the virtues, and is a real confession of the deficiency it indicates. He who undervalues himself is justly undervalued by others.

We are governed by sympathy; and the extent of our sympathy is determined by that of our sensibility

Every one in a crowd has the power to throw dirt; none out of ten have the inclination.

The fear of approaching death, which in youth we imagine must cause inquietude to the aged, is very seldom the source of much uneasiness.

We grow tired of everything but turning others into ridicule, and congratulating ourselves on their defects.

Cant is the voluntary overcharging or prolongation of a real sentiment; hypocrisy is the setting up a pretension to a feeling you never had and have no wish for.

Want of principle is power. Truth and honesty set a limit to our efforts, which impudence and hypocrisy easily overleap.