There Is Merit Without Rank, But There

Raillery Is More Insupportable Than Wrong; Because We Have A Right To Resent Injuries, But Are Ridiculous In Being Angry At A Jest.

That Good Disposition Which Boasts Of Being Most Tender Is Often Stifled By The Least Urging Of Self-interest.

Innocence Does Not Find Near So Much Protection As Guilt.

We Should Gain More By Letting The World See What We Are Than By Trying To Seem What We Are Not.

Youth Changes Its Tastes By The Warmth Of Its Blood; Age Retains Its Tastes By Habit.