The whole of what we know is a system of compensation. Every defect in one manner is made up in another. Every suffering is rewarded; every sacrifice is made up; every debt is paid.

There are other measures of self-respect for a man, than the number of clean shirts he puts on every day.

A sympathetic person is placed in the dilemma of a swimmer among drowning men, who all catch at him, and if he gives so much as a leg or a finger, they will drown him.

The selfish man suffers more from his selfishness than he from whom that selfishness withholds some important benefit.

Let us be poised, wise and our own today.

The finest people marry the two sexes in their own person.

I honor health as the first Muse.