Space is to place as eternity is to time.

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

Remorse is the punishment of crime; repentance, its expiation. The former appertains to a tormented conscience; the latter to a soul changed for the better.

He who has imagination without learning has wings but no feet.

Fancy, an animal faculty, is very different from imagination, which is intellectual. The former is passive; but the latter is active and creative. Children, the weak minded, and the timid are full of fancy. Men and women of intellect, of great intellect, are alone possessed of great imagination.

Of the two, I prefer those who render vice lovable to those who degrade virtue.

The best remedy for a short temper is a long walk.