A dull ax never loves grindstones.

We know much of a writer by his style. An open and imperious disposition is shown in short sentences, direct and energetic. A secretive and proud mind is cold and obscure in style. An affectionate and imaginative nature pours out luxuriantly, and blossoms all over with ornament.

That energy which makes a child hard to manage is the energy which afterwards makes him a manager of life.

In this world, full often, our joys are only the tender shadows which our sorrows cast.

A man without mirth is like wagon without springs, in which one is caused disagreeably to jolt by every pebble over which it turns.

To array a man's will against his sickness is the supreme art of medicine.

The true secret of giving advice is, after you have honestly given it, to be perfectly indifferent whether it is taken or not, and never persist in trying to set people right.