That happy state of mind, so rarely possessed, in which we can say, "I have enough," is the highest attainment of philosophy.

Nobility should be elective, not hereditary.

Do not think that your Learning and Genius, your Wit or Sprightliness, are welcome everywhere. I was once told that my Company was disagreeable because I appeared so uncommonly happy.

Liberal of cruelty are those who pamper with promises; promisers destroy while they deceive, and the hope they raise is dearly purchased by the dependence that is sequent to disappointment.

We never read without profit if with the pen or pencil in our hand we mark such ideas as strike us by their novelty, or correct those we already possess.

Many good qualities are not sufficient to balance a single want - the want of money.

Age is suspicious but is not itself often suspected.