A court of heraldry sprung up to supply the place of crusade exploits, to grant imaginary shields and trophies to families that never wore real armor, and it is but of late that it has been discovered to have no real jurisdiction.

Whoe'er excels in what we prize, appears a hero in our eyes.

May I always have a heart superior, with economy suitable, to my fortune.

Deference is the most complicate, the most indirect, and the most elegant of all compliments.

Taste is pursued at a less expense than fashion.

There is a certain flimsiness of poetry which seems expedient in a song.

The difference there is betwixt honor and honesty seems to be chiefly the motive; the mere honest man does that from duty which the man of honor does for the sake of character.