» Without duty, life is sort of boneless; it cannot hold itself together.
» We do not do well except when we know where the best is and when we are assured that we have touched it and hold its power within us.
» Grace is in garments, in movements, in manners; beauty in the nude, and in forms. This is true of bodies; but when we speak of feelings, beauty is in their spirituality, and grace in their moderation.
» Chance generally favors the prudent.
» He who has not the weakness of friendship has not the strength.
» The mind's direction is more important than its progress.
» We always believe God is like ourselves, the indulgent think him indulgent and the stern, terrible.
» Ornaments were invented by modesty.
» There is always some frivolity in excellent minds; they have wings to rise, but also stray.
» Our ideals, like pictures, are made from lights and shadows.