It is very often nothing but our own vanity that deceives us.

One cannot fix one's eyes on the commonest natural production without finding food for a rambling fancy.

... strange things may be generally accounted for if their cause be fairly seached out.

We have all a better guide in ourselves, if we would attend to it, than any other person can be.

You ought certainly to forgive them as a Christian, but never to admit them in your sight, or allow their names to be mentioned in your hearing.

We certainly do not forget you, so soon as you forget us. It is, perhaps, our fate rather than our merit. We cannot help ourselves.

Know your own happiness.