It is always our inabilities that vex us.

The early and the latter part of human life are the best, or, at least, the most worthy of respect; the one as the age of innocence, the other of reason.

Politeness is the flower of humanity.

Before using a fine word, make a place for it.

Religion must be loved as a kind of country and nursing-mother. It was religion that nourished our virtues, that showed us heaven, that taught us to walk in the path of duty.

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

Some superior minds are unrecognized because there is no standard by which to weigh them.