Extreme busyness is a symptom of deficient vitality, and a faculty for idleness implies a catholic appetite and a strong sense of personal identity.

The world is so full of a number of things, I'm sure we should all be as happy as kings.

When Christ came into my life, I came about like a well-handled ship.

Talk is by far the most accessible of pleasures. It costs nothing in money, it is all profit, it completes our education, founds and fosters our friendships, and can be enjoyed at any age and in almost any state of health.

It is one thing to mortify curiosity, another to conquer it.

Wealth I ask not, hope nor love, Nor a friend to know me; All I seek, the heaven above And the road below me.

If you keep on drinking rum, the world will soon be quit of a very dirty scoundrel!