A great man la an abstraction of some one excellence; but whoever fancies himself an abstraction of excellence, so far from being great, may be sure that he is a blockhead, equally ignorant of excellence or defect of himself or others.

The look of a gentleman is little else than the reflection of the looks of the world.

None but those who are happy in themselves can make others so.

We often forget our dreams so speedily: if we cannot catch them as they are passing out at the door, we never set eyes on them again.

If we are long absent from our friends, we forget them; if we are constantly with them, we despise them.

Charity, like nature, abhors a vacuum. Next to putting it in a bank, men like to squander their superfluous wealth on those to whom it is sure to be doing the least possible good.

A life of action and danger moderates the dread of death.