Never did any soul do good but it came readier to do the same again, with more enjoyment. Never was love or gratitude or bounty practiced but with in….

True features make the beauty of a face, and true proportions the beauty of architecture..

It is not wit merely, but temper, which must form the well-bred man. In the same manner it is not a head merely, but a heart and resolution, which mu….

It is the same with understanding as with eyes; to a certain size and make, just so much light is necessary, and no more. Whatever is beyond brings d….

Wit is its own remedy. Liberty and commerce bring it to its true standard. The only danger is the laying an embargo. The same thing happens here as i….

Remember that there is nothing in God but what is godlike; and that He is either not at all, or truly and perfectly good..

The one and only formative power given to man Is thought. By his thinking he not only makes character, but body and affairs, for as he thinketh withi….

True courage is cool and calm. The bravest of men have the least of a brutal, bullying insolence, and in the very time of danger are found the most s….

No one was ever the better for advice: in general, what we called giving advice was properly taking an occasion to show our own wisdom at another's e….

It is necessary a writing critic should understand how to write. And though every writer is not bound to show himself in the capacity of critic, ever….

As many as are the difficulties which Virtue has to encounter in this world, her force is yet superior..

In nature, all is managed for the best with perfect frugality and just reserve, profuse to none, but bountiful to all; never employing on one thing m….

They who are great talkers in company have never been any talkers by themselves, nor used to private discussions of our home regimen..

The most natural beauty in the world is honesty and moral truth. For all beauty is truth. True features make the beauty of the face; true proportions….

Tis the strumpet's plague To beguile many, and be beguiled by one..