When a nation gives birth to a man who is able to produce a great thought, another is born who is able to understand and admire it.

Luckily, I never feel at one time more than half my pains.

Never be sad for what is over, just be glad it was once yours. Kindness is loving people more than they deserve.

Drawing is speaking to the eye; talking is painting to the ear.

The true character of epistolary style is playfulness and urbanity.

We disjoint the mind like the body.

Know that morality is a curb, not a spur.