For seldom shall she hear a tale So sad so tender yet so true.
~ William Shenstone
Zealous men are ever displaying to you the strength of their belief, while judicious men are showing you the grounds of it.
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.
Anger is a great force. If you control it, it can be transmuted into a power which can move the whole world.
Jealousy is the fear or apprehension of superiority: envy our uneasiness under it.
A liar begins with making falsehood appear like truth, and ends with making truth itself appear like falsehood.
The proper means of increasing the love we bear our native country is to reside some time in a foreign one.
