Literature is a fragment of a fragment. Of all that ever happened, or has been said, but a fraction has been written; and of this but little is extant.

To tremble before anticipated evils is to bemoan what thou hast never lost.

One should not wish anyone disagreeable conditions of life; but for him who is involved in them by chance, they are touchstones of characters and of the most decisive value to man.

The Bible grows more beautiful, as we grow in our understanding of it.

When two people are really happy about one another one can generally assume they are mistaken.

Stupidity is without anxiety.

Do not give in too much to feelings. A overly sensitive heart is an unhappy possession on this shaky earth.