Don't let us make imaginary evils, when you know we have so many real ones to encounter.

Fortune is ever seen accompanying industry.

All that a husband or wife really wants is to be pitied a little, praised a little, and appreciated a little.

Mortifications are often more painful than real calamities.

The greatest object in the universe, says a certain philosopher, is a good man struggling with adversity; yet there is still a greater, which is the good man who comes to relieve it.

Fear guides more than gratitude.

It has been well observed that few are better qualified to give others advice than those who have taken the least of it themselves.