Hope is a flatterer, but the most upright of all parasites for she frequents the poor man's hut, as well as the palace of his superior.

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.

Jealousy is the fear or apprehension of superiority: envy our uneasiness under it.

His knowledge of books had in some degree diminished his knowledge of the world.

The proper means of increasing the love we bear our native country is to reside some time in a foreign one.