Were a man's sorrows and disquietudes summed up at the end of his life, it would generally be found that he had suffered more from the apprehension of such evils as never happened to him than from those evils which had really befallen him.

One should take good care not to grow too wise for so great a pleasure of life as laughter.

Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.

Certain is it that there is no kind of affection so purely angelic as of a father to a daughter.

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

Nothing is capable of being well set to music that is not nonsense.

We are always doing something for posterity, but I would fain see posterity do something for us.