Let thy fortune be what it will, 'tis thy mind alone that makes thee poor or rich, miserable or happy.
Melancholy can be overcome only by melancholy.
What a glut of books! Who can read them?
No rule is so general, which admits not some exception.
We can make mayors and officers every year, but not scholars.
No cord or cable can draw so forcibly, or bind so fast, as love can do with a single thread.