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

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

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

A profound knowledge of life is the least enviable of all species of knowledge, because it can only be acquired by trials that make us regret the loss of our ignorance.

Superstition is but the fear of belief.

Pleasure is like a cordial - a little of it is not injurious, but too much destroys.

The future: A consolation for those who have no other.