There is this paradox in fear: he is most likely to inspire it in others who has none himself!

Anguish of mind has driven thousands to suicide; anguish of body, none. This proves that the health of the mind is of far more consequence to our happiness than the health of the body, although both are deserving of much more attention than either of them receive.

What is earthly happiness? that phantom of which we hear so much, and see so little; whose promises are constantly given and constantly broken, but as constantly believed; that cheats us with the sound instead of the substance, and with the blossom instead of the fruit. Like Juno, she is a goddess in pursuit, but a cloud in possession.

It is with honesty in one particular as with wealth,--those that have the thing care less about the credit of it than those who have it not. No poor man can well afford to be thought so, and the less of honesty a finished rogue possesses the less he can afford to be supposed to want it.

The man of pleasure, by a vain attempt to be more happy than any man can be, is often more miserable than most men are.

The true measure of your character is what you do when nobody's watching.

Men of great and shining qualities do not always succeed in life, but the fault lies more often in themselves than in others.