Tis the good reader that makes the good book; in every book he finds passages which seem confidences or asides hidden from all else and unmistakenly meant for his ear; the profit of books is according to the sensibility of the reader; the profoundest thought or passion sleeps as in a mine, until it is discovered by an equal mind and heart.

People seem sheathed in their tough organization.

All the world loves a lover.

O Lord! Unhappy is the man whom man can make unhappy.

A man in debt is so far a slave.

The corruption of man is followed by the corruption of language. ... In due time, the fraud is manifest, and words lose all power to stimulate the understanding or the affections.

Life is a perpetual instruction in cause and effect.