Friends are the thermometer by which we may judge the temperature of our fortunes.

Arles is certainly one of the most interesting towns I have ever seen, whether viewed as a place remarkable for the objects of antiquity it contains, or for the primitive manners of its inhabitants and its picturesque appearance.

We have a reading, a talking, and a writing public. When shall we have a thinking?

Society seldom forgives those who have discovered the emptiness of its pleasures, and who can live independent of it and them.

Haste is always ungraceful.

Many minds that have withstood the most severe trials have been broken down by a succession of ignoble cares.

Men are capable of making great sacrifices, who are not willing to make the lesser ones, on which so much of the happiness of life depends. The great sacrifices are seldom called for, but the minor ones are in daily requisition; and the making them with cheerfulness and grace enhances their value.