... it's vastly more irksome to give up one's own way, than to hear a few impertinent remarks.
Concealment is the foe of tranquility.
I cannot sleep - great joy is as restless as sorrow.
A youthful mind is seldom totally free from ambition; to curb that, is the first step to contentment, since to diminish expectation is to increase enjoyment.
You must learn not only to judge but to act for yourself.
There si nothing upon the face of the earth so insipid as a medium. Give me love or hate! A friend that will go to jail for me, or an enemy that will run me through the body!