Tears fell from my eyes - yes, weak and foolish as it now appears to me, I wept for my departed youth; and for that beauty of which the faithful mirror too plainly assured me, no remnant existed.

Bores: People who talk of themselves, when you are thinking only of yourself.

Our weaknesses are the indigenous produce of our characters; but our strength is the forced fruit.

Borrowed thoughts, like borrowed money, only show the poverty of the borrower.

Mediocrity is beneath a brave soul.

Those who are formed to win general admiration are seldom calculated to bestow individual happiness.

Listeners beware, for ye are doomed never to hear good of yourselves.