Worry - a God, invisible but omnipotent. It steals the bloom from the cheek and lightness from the pulse; it takes away the appetite, and turns the hair gray.

The difference between a misfortune and a calamity is this: If Gladstone fell into the Thames, it would be a misfortune. But if someone dragged him out again, that would be a calamity.

What is earnest is not always true; on the contrary error is often more earnest than truth.

How fair is a garden amid the toils and passions of existence.

I feel a very unusual sensation - if it is not indigestion, I think it must be gratitude.

Some will read only old books, as if there were no valuable truths to be discovered in modern publications: others will only read new books, as if some valuable truths are not among the old. Some will not read a book because they know the author: others . . . would also read the man.

Small things affects small minds.