Dare to begin! He who postpones living rightly is like the rustic who waits for the river to run out before he crosses.

The mind that is cheerful in its present state, will be averse to all solicitude as to the future, and will meet the bitter occurrences of life with a placid smile.

The foolish are like ripples on water, For whatsoever they do is quickly effaced; But the righteous are like carvings upon stone, For their smallest act is durable.

Learned or unlearned we all must be scribbling.

When I caution you against becoming a miser, I do not therefore advise you to become a prodigal or a spendthrift.

Often a purple patch or two is tacked on to a serious work of high promise, to give an effect of colour.

The same (hated) man will be loved after he's dead. How quickly we forget.