It is not worth the while to let our imperfections disturb us always.

Only what is thought, said, or done at a certain rare coincidence is good.

Dissent without action is consent.

The only obligation which I have a right to assume is to do at any time what I think right.

What is the singing of birds, or any natural sound, compared with the voice of one we love.

Some, it seems to me, elect their rulers for their crookedness. But I think that a straight stick makes the best cane, and an upright man the best ruler.

The fault-finder will find faults even in paradise. Love your life, poor as it is. You may perhaps have some pleasant, thrilling, glorious hours, even in a poor-house. The setting sun is reflected from the windows of the alms-house as brightly as from the rich man's abode; the snow melts before its door as early in the spring. I do not see but a quiet mind may live as contentedly there, and have as cheering thoughts, as in a palace.