Difficulties are God's errands; and when we are sent upon them, we should esteem it a proof of God's confidence.

A library is but the soul's burying ground. It is a land of shadows.

A dull ax never loves grindstones.

Men strengthen each other in their faults. Those who are alike associate together, repeat the things which all believe, defend and stimulate their common faults of disposition, and each one receives from the others a reflection of his own egotism.

It is not what we read, but what we remember, that makes us learned. It is not what we intend, but what we do that makes us useful. It is not a few faint wishes, but a life long struggle, that makes us valiant.

Do not give, as many rich men do, like a hen that lays her eggs ...and then cackles.

Every man carries a menagerie in himself; and, by stirring him up all around, you will find every sort of animal represented there.