Persist and persevere, and you will find most things that are attainable, possible.

Deafness produces bizarre effects, reversing the natural order of things; the interchange of letters is the conversation of the deaf, and the only link with society. I would be in despair, for instance, over seeing you speak, but, instead, I am only too happy to hear you write.

Any affectation whatsoever in dress implies, in my mind, a flaw in the understanding.

Those whom you can make like themselves better will, I promise you, like you very well.

This is the day when people reciprocally offer, and receive, the kindest and the warmest wishes, though, in general, without meaning them on one side, or believing them on the other. They are formed by the head, in compliance with custom, though disavowed by the heart, in consequence of nature.

Health ... is the first and greatest of all blessings.

Fear manifested invites danger.