How many wells of science there are in whose depths there is nothing but clear water!

Our virtues live upon our incomes; our vices consume our capital.

Loud indignation against vice often stands for virtue in the eyes of bigots.

Pleasure and satiety live next door to each other.

Rage is a short-lived fury.

The wonderful fortune of some writers deludes and leads to misery a great number of young people. It cannot be too often repeated that it is dangerous to enter upon a career of letters without some other means of living. An illustrious author has said in these times, "Literature must not be leant on as upon a crutch; it is little more than a stick.

Happiness is where we find it, but rarely where we seek it.