Tranquil pleasures last the longest; we are not fitted to bear the burden of great joys.

Most books fail, not so much from a want of ability in their authors, as from an absence in their productions of a thorough development of their ability.

The beauty seen is partly in him who sees it.

Few minds wear out; more rust out.

Example has more followers than reason. We unconsciously imitate what pleases us, and approximate to the characters we most admire.

He that shrinks from the grave with too great a dread, has an invisible fear behind him pushing him into it.

Kindred weaknesses induce friendships as often as kindred virtues.