Keep away from the fire!

The most affluent may be stripped of all, and find his worldly comforts, like so many withered leaves, dropping from him.

The way to fame, is like the way to heaven,--through much tribulation.

Lessons of wisdom have the most power over us when they capture the heart through the groundwork of a story, which engages the passions.

Freethinkers are generally those who never think at all.

Every thing in this world, said my father, is big with jest,--and has wit in it, and instruction too,--if we can but find it out.

In solitude the mind gains strength and learns to lean upon itself.