Words will not fail when the matter is well considered.

Most virtue lies between two vices.

In the midst of hopes and cares, of apprehensions and of disquietude, regard every day that dawns upon you as if it was to be your last; then super-added hours, to the enjoyment of which you had not looked forward, will prove an acceptable boon.

I am not bound over to swear allegiance to any master; where the storm drives me I turn in for shelter.

Often you must turn your stylus to erase, if you hope to write anything worth a second reading.

If you would have me weep, you must first of all feel grief yourself.

Who then is sane? He who is not a fool.