Do what we can, summer will have its flies.

Drudgery, calamity, exasperation, want, are instructors in eloquence and wisdom.

Tis a rule of manners to avoid exaggeration.

Few people know how to take a walk. The qualifications are endurance, plain clothes, old shoes, an eye for nature, good humor, vast curiosity, good speech, good silence and nothing too much.

The reason why any one refuses his assent to your opinion, or his aid to your benevolent design, is in you: he refuses to accept you as a bringer of truth, because, though you think you have it, he feels that you have it not. You have not given him the authentic sign.

No hope so bright but is the beginning of its own fulfilment.

Life too near paralyses art.