To be longing for this thing to-day and for that thing to-morrow; to change likings for loathings, and to stand wishing and hankering at a venture--how is it possible for any man to be at rest in this fluctuant, wandering humor and opinion?

Resolve to see the world on the sunny side and you have almost won the battle at the outset.

Nothing is so fierce but love will soften; nothing so sharp-sighted in other matters but it will throw a mist before its eyes.

Riches are gotten with pain, kept with care, and lost with grief. The cares of riches lie heavier upon a good man than the inconveniences of an honest poverty.

Imperfections would not be half so much taken notice of, if vanity did not make proclamation of them.

All duties are matters of conscience, with this restriction that a superior obligation suspends the force of an inferior one.

Partiality in a parent is unlucky; for fondlings are in danger to be made fools.