Good temper is an estate for life.

The characteristic of Chaucer is intensity: of Spencer, remoteness: of Milton elevation and of Shakespeare everything.

We can scarcely hate anyone that we know.

Conceit is vanity driven from all other shifts, and forced to appeal to itself for admiration.

Weakness has its hidden resources, as well as strength. There is a degree of folly and meanness which we cannot calculate upon, and by which we are as much liable to be foiled as by the greatest ability or courage.

True modesty and true pride are much the same thing: both consist in setting a just value on ourselves - neither more nor less.

Those who are at war with others are not at peace with themselves.