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

In the assurance of strength there is strength; and they are the weakest, however strong, who have no faith in themselves or their powers.

There is a German proverb which says that Take-it-Easy and Live-Long are brothers.

Youth is too tumultuous for felicity; old age too insecure for happiness. The period most favorable to enjoyment, in a vigorous, fortunate, and generous life, is that between forty and sixty.

All men are alike in their lower natures; it is in their higher characters that they differ.

A mother's love is indeed the golden link that binds youth to age; and he is still but a child, however time may have furrowed his cheek, or silvered his brow, who can yet recall, with a softened heart, the fond devotion, or the gentle chidings, of the best friend that God gives us.

What we call conscience in many instances, is only a wholesome fear of the law.