We often need reminding even if we do not often need educating.

Judgment is forced upon us by experience

No mind is much employed upon the present; recollection and anticipation fill up almost all our moments.

Men have solicitude about fame; and the greater share they have of it, the more afraid they are of losing it.

Good-humor is a state between gayety and unconcern,--the act or emanation of a mind at leisure to regard the gratification of another.

Trust as little as you can to report, and examine all you can by your own senses.

Surely, it is much easier to respect a man who has always had respect, than to respect a man who we know was last year no better than ourselves, and will be no better next year.