Fortune always will confer an aura of worth, unworthily; and in this world The lucky person passes for a genius.

To an old father, nothing is more sweet than a daughter. Boys are more spirited, but their ways are not so tender.

Love must not touch the marrow of the soul. Our affections must be breakable chains that we can cast them off or tighten them.

If your life at night is good, you think you have Everything; but, if in that quarter things go wrong, You will consider your best and truest interests Most hateful.

If we could be twice young and twice old we could correct all our mistakes.

When a good man is hurt, all who would be called good must suffer with him.

We pay a high price for intelligence. Wisdom hurts.