It is a friendly heart that has plenty of friends.

A fool can no more see his own folly than he can see his ears.

Novelty has charms that our minds can hardly withstand.

A good woman is the loveliest flower that blooms under heaven; and we look with love and wonder upon its silent grace, its pure fragrance, its delicate bloom of beauty.

Next to eating good dinners, a healthy man with a benevolent turn of mind, must like, I think, to read about them.

Bad husbands will make bad wives.

To endure is greater than to dare; to tire out hostile fortune; to be daunted my no difficulty; to keep heart when all have lost it; to go through intrigue spotless; to forgo even ambition when the end is gained - who can say this is not greatness?