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

Grief is, of all the passions, the one that is the most ingenious and indefatigable in finding food for its own subsistence.

He who fears not, is to be feared.

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

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.

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.

A poor man defended himself when charged with stealing food to appease the cravings of hunger, saying, the cries of the stomach silenced those of the conscience.