That which is always within our reach, is always the last thing we take; and the chances are, that what we can do every day, we never do at all.

words alike make the destiny of empires and of individuals. Ambition, love, hate, interest, vanity, have words for their engines, and need none more powerful. Language is a fifth element - the one by which all the others are swayed.

That which is always within our reach, is always the last thing we take; and the chances are, that what we can do every day, we never do at all.

Habit is a second nature, and what was at first pleasure, is next necessity.

Delicious tears! The heart's own dew.

It is curious how inseparable eating and kindness are with some people.

What is life? A gulf of troubled waters, where the soul, like a vexed bark, is tossed upon the waves of pain and pleasure by the wavering breath of passions.