Think not, is my eleventh commandment; and sleep when you can, is my twelfth.

In our own hearts, we mold the whole world's hereafters; and in our own hearts we fashion our own gods.

If there be any thing a man might well pray against, that thing is the responsive gratification of some of the devoutest prayers of his youth.

An indiscriminate distrust of human nature is the worst consequence of a miserable condition, whether brought about by innocence or guilt. And though want of suspicion more than want of sense, sometimes leads a man into harm; yet too much suspicion is as bad as too little sense.

Hell is an idea first born on an undigested apple dumpling.

I try all things, I achieve what I can.

The pleasure of leaving home, care-free, with no concern but to enjoy, has also as a pendant the pleasure of coming back to the old hearthstone, the home to which, however traveled, the heart still fondly turns, ignoring the burden of its anxieties and cares.