There are names written in her immortal scroll at which Fame blushes!

Every man, in his own opinion, forms an exception to the ordinary rules of morality.

Actors are the only honest hypocrites.

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

The present is an age of talkers, and not of doers; and the reason is, that the world is growing old. We are so far advanced in the Arts and Sciences, that we live in retrospect, and dote on past achievement.

Believe all the good you can of everyone. Do not measure others by yourself. If they have advantages which you have not, let your liberality keep pace with their good fortune. Envy no one, and you need envy no one.

Though familiarity may not breed contempt, it takes off the edge of admiration.