Yes, the meeting of dear friends atones for the regret of separation; and like it so much enhances affection, that after absence one wonders how one has been able to stay away from them so long.

Happiness consists not in having much, but in being content with little.

He who fears not, is to be feared.

To appear rich, we become poor.

To amend mankind, moralists should show them man, not as he is, but as he ought to be.

... I never will allow myself to form an ideal of any person I desire to see, for disappointment never fails to ensue.

Thoughts come maimed and plucked of plumage from the lips, which, from the pea, in the silence of your own leisure and study, would be born with far more beauty.