It is foolish to tear one's hair in grief, as though sorrow would be made less by baldness.

It is a great proof of talents to be able to recall the mind from the senses, and to separate thought from habit.

So it may well be believed that when I found him taking a complete holiday, with a vast supply of books at command, he had the air of indulging in a literary debauch, if the term may be applied to so honorable an occupation.

The hope of impunity is the greatest inducement to do wrong.

I look upon the pleasure we take in a garden as one of the most innocent delights in human life.

If wisdom be attainable, let us not only win but enjoy it.

Friends are proved by adversity.