It seems with wit and good-nature, Utrum horum mavis accipe. Taste and good-nature are universally connected.

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.

The regard one shows economy, is like that we show an old aunt who is to leave us something at last.

The best time to frame an answer to the letters of a friend, is the moment you receive them. Then the warmth of friendship, and the intelligence received, most forcibly cooperate.

Men are sometimes accused of pride, merely because their accusers would be proud themselves were they in their places.

Reserve is no more essentially connected with understanding than a church organ with devotion, or wine with good-nature.

Virtues, like essences, lose their fragrance when exposed. They are sensitive plants, which will not bear too familiar approaches.