The heart of every man lies open to the shafts of correction if the archer can take proper aim.

Those who place their affections at first on trifles for amusement, will find these trifles become at last their most serious concerns.

Be not affronted at a joke. If one throw salt at thee, thou wilt receive no harm, unless thou art raw.

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?

Life is a journey that must be traveled no matter how bad the roads and accommodations.

True genius walks along a line, and, perhaps, our greatest pleasure is in seeing it so often near falling, without being ever actually down.

O friendship! thou fond soother of the human breast, to thee we fly in every calamity; to thee the wretched seek for succor; on thee the care-tired son of misery fondly relies; from thy kind assistance the unfortunate always hopes relief, and may be sure of--disappointment.