No act terminating in itself constitutes greatness.

The garb of religion is the best cloak for power.

To think justly, we must understand what others mean. To know the value of our thoughts, we must try their effect on other minds.

True friendship is self-love at second hand; where, as in a flattering mirror we may see our virtues magnified and our errors softened, and where we may fancy our opinion of ourselves confirmed by an impartial and faithful witness.

The Irish are hearty, the Scotch plausible, the French polite, the Germans good-natured, the Italians courtly, the Spaniards reserved and decorous - the English alone seem to exist in taking and giving offense.

If our hours were all serene, we might probably take almost as little note of them as the dial does of those that are clouded.

Vulgar prejudices are those which arise out of accident, ignorance, or authority; natural prejudices are those which arise out of the constitution of the human mind itself.