Since trifles make the sum of human things, And half our misery from our foibles springs.

Idleness among children, as among men, is the root of all evil, and leads to no other evil more certain than ill temper.

Absence in love is like water upon fire; a little quickens, but much extinguishes it.

it may be in morals as it is in optics, the eye and the object may come too close to each other, to answer the end of vision. There are certain faults which press too near our self-love to be even perceptible to us.

Life though a short, is a working day. Activity may lead to evil; but inactivity cannot be led to good.

Anger is a violent act, envy a constant habit - no one can be always angry, but he may be always envious.

I used to wonder why people should be so fond of the company of their physician, till I recollected that he is the only person with whom one dares to talk continually of oneself, without interruption, contradiction or censure; I suppose that delightful immunity doubles their fees.