There is no real evil in life, except great pain; all the rest is imaginary, and depends on the light in which we view things

I fear nothing so much as a man who is witty all day long.

I am persuaded that the greater part of our complaints arise from want of exercise.

the days, and the months, and the years, pass so swiftly, that I can no longer retain them. Time, in its flight, hurries me away, in spite of myself; in vain I endeavor to stop him, he drags me along: the thought of this alarms me.

Friendships take work. Use disagreements as opportunity to come out better on the other side

It is the fine rain that soaks us through.

Why do we discover faults so much more readily than perfection.