Sneering springs out of the wish to deny; and wretched must that state of mind be that wishes to take refuge in doubt.

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.

No thoroughly occupied man was ever yet very miserable.

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

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

The old proverb, applied to fire and water, may with equal truth be applied to the imagination - it is a good servant, but a bad master.

the blessings of matrimony, like those of poverty, belong rather to philosophy than reality.