Ceremonies Are The Outworks Of Manners.

Assurance And Intrepidity, Under The White Banner Of Seeming Modesty, Clear The Way For Merit, That Would Otherwise Be Discouraged By Difficulties...

To Have Frequent Recourse To Narrative Betrays Great Want Of Imagination.

In Friendship, As Well As In Love, The Mind Is Often The Dupe Of The Heart.

Anne Of Austria (with Great Submission To A Crowned Head Do I Say It) Was A B----. She Had Spirit And Courage Without Parts, Devotion Without Common Morality, And Lewdness Without Tenderness Either To Justify Or To Dignify It. Her Two Sons Were No More Lewis The Thirteen's Than They Were Mine.

Knowledge May Give Weight, But Accomplishments Give Luster, And Many More People See Than Weigh.