Nothing is so beneficial to a young author as the advice of a man whose judgment stands constitutionally at the freezing-point.

The best thing I know between France and England is the sea.

Keep your eyes and ears open, if you desire to get on in the world.

Fix yourself upon the wealthy. In a word, take this for a golden rule through life: Never, never have a friend that is poorer than yourself.

We love peace, as we abhor pusillanimity; but not peace at any price.

Earth is here so kind, that just tickle her with a hoe and she laughs with a harvest.

Happiness grows at our own firesides, and is not to be picked in strangers' gardens.