Never lose a chance of saying a kind word.

If a man has committed wrong in life, I don't know any moralist more anxious to point his errors out to the world than his own relations.

What woman, however old, has not the bridal-favours and raiment stowed away, and packed in lavender, in the inmost cupboards of her heart?

Follow your honest convictions and be strong.

I have seen no men in life loving their profession so much as painters, except, perhaps, actors, who, when not engaged themselves, always go to the play.

Oh, Vanity of vanities! How wayward the decrees of Fate are; How very weak the very wise, How very small the very great are!

Always to be right, always to trample forward, and never to doubt, are not these the great qualities with which dullness takes the lead in the world?