Men who make money rarely saunter; men who save money rarely swagger.

What ever our wandering our happiness will always be found within a narrow compass, and in the middle of the objects more immediately within our reach.

A pipe is the fountain of contemplation, the source of pleasure, the companion of the wise; and the man who smokes, thinks like a philosopher and acts like a Samaritan.

The desire of excellence is the necessary attribute of those who excel. We work little for a thing unless we wish for it.

The poet in prose or verse - the creator - can only stamp his images forcibly on the page in proportion as he has forcibly felt, ardently nursed, and long brooded over them.

He who esteems trifles for themselves is a trifler; he who esteems them for the conclusions to be drawn from them, or the advantage to which they can be put, is a philosopher.

Fate is not the ruler, but the servant of Providence.