Conceiving God to be the fountain of wisdom, I thought it right and necessary to solicit his assistance for obtaining it.
If you want to be loved, love and be loveable.
The poor have little; beggars, none; the rich, too much; enough, not one.
The grand leap of the whale up the Fall of Niagara is esteemed, by all who have seen it, as one of the finest spectacles in nature.
Do not let fancy outrun your means.
Happiness depends more on the inward disposition of mind than on outward circumstances.