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Our Cares Are The Mothers, Not Only Of Our Charities And Virtues, But Of Our Best Joys And Most Cheering And Enduring Pleasures.

The Amiable Is A Duty Most Certainly, But Must Not Be Exercised At The Expense Of Any Of The Virtues. He Who Seeks To Do The Amiable Always, Can Only Be Successful At The Frequent Expense Of His Manhood.

I Listen To Them Freely And With All The Respect Merited By Their Intelligence, Their Character, Their Knowledge, Reserving Always My Incontestable Right Of Criticism And Censure.

Tact Is One Of The First Of Mental Virtues, The Absence Of Which Is Frequently Fatal To The Best Of Talents. Without Denying That It Is A Talent Of Itself, It Will Suffice If We Admit That It Supplies The Place Of Many Talents.

No Errors Of Opinion Can Possibly Be Dangerous In A Country Where Opinion Is Left Free To Grapple With Them.