But I still always felt the absence of a mother.
I know of no manner of speaking so offensive as that of giving praise, and closing it with an exception.
Fire and swords are slow engines of destruction, compared to the tongue of a Gossip.
Readings is to the mind what exercice is to the body.
Among all the diseases of the mind there is not one more epidemical or more pernicious than the love of flattery.
People spend their lives in the service of their passions instead of employing their passions in the service of their lives.
There is no Pleasure like that of receiving Praise from the Praiseworthy
All Earthquakes and Disasters are warnings; there’s too much corruption in the world
Its not age as much as the experiences I have had.
Love must be learned and learned again; There is no end.
Men are not hanged for stealing horses, but that horses may not be stolen.