Accustom yourself to submit on all and every occasion, and on the most minute, no less than on the most important circumstances of life, to a small present evil, to obtain a greater distant good. This will give decision, tone, and energy to the mind, which, thus disciplined, will often reap victory from defeat and honor from repulse.

A house may draw visitors, but it is the possessor alone that can detain them.

Some are cursed with the fullness of satiety; and how can they bear the ills of life when its very pleasures fatigue them?

In the pursuit of knowledge, follow it wherever it is to be found; like fern, it is the produce of all climates, and like coin, its circulation is not restricted to any particular class.

If a horse has four legs, and I'm riding it, I think I can win.

When certain persons abuse us, let us ask ourselves what description of characters it is that they admire; we shall often find this a very consolatory question.

Sometimes the greatest adversities turn out to be the greatest blessings.