Books are the legacies that a great genius leaves to mankind

Friendships, in general, are suddenly contracted; and therefore it is no wonder they are easily dissolved.

The chief ingredients in the composition of those qualities that gain esteem and praise, are good nature, truth, good sense, and good breeding.

Admiration is a very short-lived passion, that immediately decays upon growing familiar with its object.

A contemplation of God's works, a generous concern for the good of mankind, and the unfeigned exercise of humility only, denominate men great and glorious.

We are apt to rely upon future prospects, and become really expensive while we are only rich in possibility. We live up to our expectations, not to our possessions, and make a figure proportionable to what we may be, not what we are.

Health and cheerfulness naturally beget each other.