William Shenstone

A liar begins with making falsehood appear like truth, and ends with making truth itself appear like falsehood.

Jealousy is the fear or apprehension of superiority: envy our uneasiness under it.

Anger is a great force. If you control it, it can be transmuted into a power which can move the whole world.

The best time to frame an answer to the letters of a friend, is the moment you receive them. Then the warmth of friendship, and the intelligence received, most forcibly cooperate.

Zealous men are ever displaying to you the strength of their belief, while judicious men are showing you the grounds of it.

Lxnig sentences in a short composition are like large rooms in a little house.

For seldom shall she hear a tale So sad so tender yet so true.

The proper means of increasing the love we bear our native country is to reside some time in a foreign one.

Independence may be found in comparative as well as in absolute abundance I mean where a person contracts his desires within the limits of his fortune.