Going to the opera, like getting drunk, is a sin that carries its own punishment with it.

Indeed, I have, alas! outlived almost every one of my contemporaries. One pays dear for living long.

it is the modern nature of goodness to exert itself quietly, while a few characters of the opposite cast seem, by the rumor of their exploits, to fill the world; and by their noise to multiply their numbers.

If I wished to punish my enemy, I should make him hate somebody.

When you are disposed to be vain of your mental acquirements, look up to those who are more accomplished than yourself, that you may be fired with emulation; but when you feel dissatisfied with your circumstances, look down on those beneath you, that you may learn contentment.

When thou hast truly thanked the Lord for every blessing sent, But little time will then remain for murmur or lament.

Youth has a quickness of apprehension, which it is very apt to mistake for an acuteness of penetration.