Strike the dog dead, it's but a critic!

Perseverance is a silent power that grows irresistibly greater with time.

It matters little whether a man be mathematically or philologically or artistically cultivated, so he be but cultivated.

Most men, even the most accomplished, are of limited faculties; every one sets a value on certain qualities in himself and others: these alone he is willing to favour, these alone will he have cultivated.

Alas! sorrow from happiness is oft evolved.

A resolution that is communicated is no longer within thy power; thy attentions become now the plaything of chance; he who would have his commands certainly carried out must take man by surprise.

Misunderstandings and neglect create more confusion in this world than trickery and malice. At any rate, the last two are certainly much less frequent.