Though it is a great mistake to make friends of the wicked and foolish, it is unwise to make enemies of them, for they are very numerous.

If you have the least doubt about it, do not marry.

Those who have not distinguished themselves at school need not on that account be discouraged. the greatest minds do not necessarily ripen the quickest.

To render ourselves insensible to pain we must forfeit also the possibilities of happiness.

Time is a trust, and for every minute of it you will have to account.

Many savage nations worship trees, and I really think my first feeling would be one of delight and interest rather than of surprise, if some day when I am alone in the woods one of the trees were to speak to me.

There are temptations which strong exercise best enables us to resist