I fall asleep in the full and certain hope That my slumber shall not be broken; And that, though I be all-forgetting, Yet shall I not be all-forgotten, But continue that life in the thoughts and deeds of those I have loved.

He was born stupid, and greatly increased his birthright.

He dons are too busy educating the young men to be able to teach them anything.

Business should be like religion and science; it should know neither love nor hate.

Adversity, if a man is set down to it by degrees, is more supportable with equanimity by most people than any great prosperity arrived at in a single lifetime.

Prayers are to men as dolls are to children. They are not without use and comfort, but it is not easy to take them very seriously.

An obstinate man does not hold opinions, but they hold him; for when he is once possessed with an error, it is, like a devil, only cast out with great difficulty.