Letters form a by-path of literature, a charming, but occasional, retreat for people of cultivated leisure.
In the stress of modern life, how little room is left for that most comfortable vanity that whispers in our ears that failures are not faults! Now we are taught from infancy that we must rise or fall upon our own merits; that vigilance wins success, and incapacity means ruin
The clear-sighted do not rule the world, but they sustain and console it.
A puppy is but a dog, plus high spirits, and minus common sense.
It is not begging but the beggar, who has forfeited favor with the elect.
If we go to church we are confronted with a system of begging so complicated and so resolute that all other demands sink into insignificance by its side.