Occupation is one great source of enjoyment. No man, properly occupied, was ever miserable.

The rich know not how hard it is to be of needful rest and needful food debarred.

Truly, a little love-making is a very pleasant thing.

To this hour, the great science and duty of politics is lowered by the petty leaven of small and personal advantage.

Of all false assertions that ever went into the world under the banner of a great name and the mail armor of a well-turned phrase, Locke's comparison of the mind to a blank sheet of paper appears to me among the most untrue.

Affection exaggerates its own offenses.

There is a large stock on hand; but somehow or other, nobody's experience ever suits us but our own.