Occupation is one great source of enjoyment. No man, properly occupied, was ever miserable.
Imagination is to love what gas is to the balloon-that which raises it from earth.
It is curious how inseparable eating and kindness are with some people.
habit is our idea of eternity.
The very effort to forget teaches us to remember.
he who seeks pleasure with reference to himself, not others, will ever find that pleasure is only another name for discontent.