The news we hear, for the most part, is not news to our genius. It is the stalest repetition.
If ever I did a man any goodof course it was something exceptional and insignificant compared with the good or evil which I am constantly doing by being what I am.
This world is a place of business. What an infinite bustle!
Love your life, poor as it is.
The gifts of Heaven are never quite gratuitous.
The present hour is always wealthiest when it is poorer than the future ones, as that is the pleasantest site which affords the pleasantest prospect.