There are few instances of the exercise of particular virtues which seem harder to attain to, or which appear more amiable and engaging in themselves, than those of moderation and the forgiveness of injuries.

Courtship consists in a number of quiet attentions, not so pointed as to alarm, nor so vague as not to be understood.

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

My father, whose way was to force every event in nature into an hypothesis, by which means never man crucified TRUTH at the rate he did.

A man who values a good night's rest will not lie down with enmity in his heart, if he can help it.

When, to gratify a private appetite, it is once resolved upon that an ignorant and helpless creature shall be sacrificed, it is an easy matter to pick up sticks enough from any thicket where it has strayed, to make a fire to offer it up with.

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