Most men remember obligations, but not often to be grateful; the proud are made sour by the remembrance and the vain silent..

But for that blindness which is inseparable from malice, what terrible powers of evil would it possess! Fortunately for the world, its venom, like th….

The only true source of politeness is consideration,--that vigilant moral sense which never loses sight of the rights, the claims, and the sensibilit….

Our true acquisitions lie only in our charities - we gain only as we give..

I listen to them freely and with all the respect merited by their intelligence, their character, their knowledge, reserving always my incontestable r….

What we call vice in our neighbor may be nothing less than a crude virtue. To him who knows nothing more of precious stones than he can learn from a ….

The birth of a child is the imprisonment of a soul. The soul must work its way out of prison, and, in doing so, provide itself with wings for a futur….

Tact is one of the first of mental virtues, the absence of which is frequently fatal to the best of talents. Without denying that it is a talent of i….

The effect of character is always to command consideration. We sport and toy and laugh with men or women who have none, but we never confide in them..

He who would acquire fame must not show himself afraid of censure. The dread of censure is the death of genius..

There is no doubt such a thing as chance, but I see no reason why Providence should not make use of it..

Solitude bears the same relation to the mind that sleep does to the body. It affords it the necessary opportunities for repose and recovery..

The only rational liberty is that which is born of subjection, reared in the fear of God and the love of man..

Have I done anything for society? I have then done more for myself. Let that question and truth be always present to thy mind, and work without cessa….

Tears are the natural penalties of pleasure. It is a law that we should pay for all that we enjoy..

The fool is willing to pay for anything but wisdom. No man buys that of which he supposes himself to have an abundance already..

The dread of criticism is the death of genius..

Better that we should err in action than wholly refuse to perform. The storm is so much better than the calm, as it declares the presence of a living….

No errors of opinion can possibly be dangerous in a country where opinion is left free to grapple with them..

Our cares are the mothers, not only of our charities And virtues, but of our best joys and most cheering and enduring pleasures..

The proverb answers where the sermon fails..