Nothing in human nature is so God-like as the disposition to do good to our fellow-creatures. Votes: 19
The plays and sports of children are as salutary to them as labor and work are to grown persons. Votes: 6
People of little understanding are most apt to be angry when their sense is called into question. Votes: 5
There is but one pride pardonable; that of being above doing a base or dishonorable action. Votes: 5
Good men must be affectionate men. Votes: 3
That dangerous but too commonly received notion, that a reformed rake makes the best husband. Votes: 0
Necessity may well be called the mother of invention but calamity is the test of integrity. Votes: 0
Calamity is the test of integrity. Votes: 0
O! what a Godlike Power is that of doing Good! I envy the Rich and the Great for nothing else! Votes: 0
Those who can least bear a jest upon themselves, will be most diverted with one passed on others. Votes: 0
Over-niceness may be under-niceness. Votes: 0
Platonic love is platonic nonsense. Votes: 0
The companion of an evening, and the companion for life, require very different qualifications. Votes: 0
Sorrow makes an ugly face odious. Votes: 0
A beautiful woman must expect to be more accountable for her steps, than one less attractive. Votes: 0
Nothing dries sooner than tears. Votes: 0
An acknowledged love sanctifies every little freedom; and little freedoms beget great ones. Votes: 0
Every thing is pretty that is young. Votes: 0
Evil courses can yield pleasure no longer than while thought and reflection can be kept off. Votes: 0
Friendly satire may be compared to a fine lancet, which gently breathes a vein for health's sake. Votes: 0
It may be very generous in one person to offer what it would be ungenerous in another to accept. Votes: 0
Love is not a volunteer thing. Votes: 0
Men are less forgiving than women. Votes: 0
Romances, in general are calculated rather to fire the imagination than to inform the judgment. Votes: 0
The first step in achieving prosperity and wealth is learning to appreciate what you already have. Votes: 0
The unhappy never want enemies. Votes: 0
Vast is the field of Science... the more a man knows, the more he will find he has to know. Votes: 0
Virtue only is the true beauty. Votes: 0