Physical ills are the taxes laid upon this wretched life; some are taxed higher, and some lower, but all pay something.

Man is more himself, man is more manlike, when joy is the fundamental thing in him, and grief the superficial.

A vulgar man is captious and jealous; eager and impetuous about trifles. He suspects himself to be slighted, and thinks everything that is said meant at him.

There is hardly any place or any company where you may not gain knowledge, if you please; almost everybody knows some one thing, and is glad to talk about that one thing.

Study the heart and the mind of man, and begin with your own. Meditation and reflection must lay the foundation of that knowledge, but experience and practice must, and alone can, complete it.

A gentleman is often seen, but very seldom heard to laugh.

People will no more advance their civility to a bear, than their money to a bankrupt.