Habit is, to weak minds, a species of moral predestination, from which they have no power to escape.

Fortune's wheel never stands still the highest point is therefore the most perilous.

Remember, we can judge better by the conduct of people towards others than by their manner towards ourselves.

No man ever distinguished himself who could not bear to be laughed at.

Illness was a sort of occupation to me, and I was always sorry to get well.

How is it that hope so powerfully excites, and fear so absolutely depresses all our faculties?

Health can make money, but money cannot make health.