Care, admitted as guest, quickly turns to be master.

We should not so much esteem our poverty as a misfortune, were it not that the world treats it so much as a crime

Luminous quotations, also, atone, by their interest, for the dulness of an inferior book, and add to the value of a superior work by the variety which they lend to its style and treatment.

There will always be romance in the world so long as there are young hearts in it.

Judicious praise is to children what the sun is to flowers.

Troubles forereckoned are doubly suffered.

Courage enlarges, cowardice diminishes resources. In desperate straits the fears of the timid aggravate the dangers that imperil the brave.