Wealth increaseth, but a nameless something is ever wanting to our insufficient fortune.

They change their sky, not their mind, who cross the sea. A busy idleness possesses us: we seek a happy life, with ships and carriages: the object of our search is present with us.

He who speaks ill of an absent friend, or fails to take his part if attacked by another, that man is a scoundrel.

Youth is unduly busy with pampering the outer person.

With self-discipline most anything is possible. Theodore Roosevelt Rule your mind or it will rule you.

I strive to be brief, and become obscure.

Adversity is wont to reveal genius, prosperity to hide it.