Praise is sometimes a good thing for the diffident and the despondent. It teaches them properly to rely on the kindness of others.

Politeness, however, acts the lady's maid to our thoughts; and they are washed, dressed, curled, rouged, and perfumed, before they are presented to the public.

Youth is a season that has no repose.

doubts, like facts, are stubborn things.

All beginnings are very troublesome things.

We are rarely wrong when we act from impulse.

We are ourselves our happiness.