There is nothing which strengthens faith more than the observance of morality.

Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.

The important question is not, what will yield to man a few scattered pleasures, but what will render his life happy on the whole amount.

An honest man, that is not quite sober, has nothing to fear.

Even the greatest actions of a celebrated person labor under this disadvantage, that however surprising and extraordinary they may be, they are no more than what are expected from him.

The utmost we can hope for in this world is contentment; if we aim at anything higher, we shall meet with nothing but grief and disappointment. A man should direct all his studies and endeavors at making himself easy now and happy hereafter.

The ungrown glories of his beamy hair.