Liberality lies less in giving liberally than in the timeliness of the gift.

Modesty is to merit, as shades to figures in a picture, giving it strength and beauty

A mediocre mind thinks it writes divinely; a good mind thinks it writes reasonably

There are only two ways by which to rise in this world, either by one's own industry or by the stupidity of others.

The pleasure of criticizing takes away from us the pleasure of being moved by some very fine things.

Those who make the worst use of their time are the first to complain of its brevity