“Praise is the only gift for which people are really grateful.”

“Mountains appear more lofty the nearer they are approached but great men resemble them not in this particular.”

“Borrowed thoughts like borrowed money only show the poverty of the borrower.”

“Genius is the gold in the mine talent is the miner that works and brings it out.”

“Praise is the only gift for which people are really grateful.”

“Virtue like a dowerless beauty has more admirers than followers.”

“There is no cosmetic for beauty like happiness.”

“The difference between weakness and wickedness is much less than people suppose and the consequences are nearly always the same.”