Castles in the air cost a vast deal to keep up.

Despair makes victims sometimes victors.

The true spirit of conversation consists in building on another man's observation, not overturning it.

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.

We tell our triumphs to the crowds, but our own hearts are the sole confidants of our sorrows.

Whatever the number of a man's friends, there will be times in his life when he has one too few; but if he has only one enemy, he is lucky indeed if he has not one too many.

The affections are immortal! They are the sympathies which unite the ceaseless generations.