Rags will always make their appearance where they have a right to do it.

The world is not yet exhausted: let me see something tomorrow which I never saw before.

The authors that in any nation last from age to age are very few, because there are very few that have any other claim to notice than that they catch hold on present curiosity, and gratify some accidental desire, or produce some temporary conveniency.

Getting money is not all a man's business: to cultivate kindness is a valuable part of the business of life.

If useless thoughts could be expelled from the mind, all the valuable parts of our knowledge would more frequently recur.

Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome.

Life consists not of a series of illustrious actions or elegant enjoyments. The greater part of our time passes in compliance with necessities, in the performance of daily duties, in the removal of small inconveniences, in the procurement of petty pleasures; and we are well or ill at ease, as the main stream of life glides on smoothly, or is ruffled by small obstacles and frequent interruption.