Man wants but little here below, Nor wants that little long.

We seldom speak of the virtue which we have, but much oftener of that which we lack.

Good counsel rejected returns to enrich the givers bosom.

Why was this heart of mine formed with so much sensibility! Or why not my fortune adapted to its impulses! Tenderness without a capacity of relieving only makes the man who feels it more wretched than the object which sues for assistance.

Ridicule has always been the enemy of enthusiasm, and the only worthy opponent to ridicule is success.

The bashful virgin's sidelong looks of love.

Were I to be angry at men being fools, I could here find ample room for declamation; but, alas! I have been a fool myself; and why should I be angry with them for being something so natural to every child of humanity?