Life will not bear refinement. You must do as other people do.

The business of life is to go forward; he who sees evil in prospect meets it in his way, and he who catches it by retrospection turns back to find it. That which is feared may sometimes be avoided, but that which is regretted to-day may be regretted again to-morrow.

Smoking is a shocking thing - blowing smoke out of our mouths into other people's mouths, eyes, and noses, and having the same thing done to us.

Pity is not natural to man. Children are always cruel. Savages are always cruel. Pity is acquired and improved by the cultivation of reason. We may have uneasy sensations from seeing a creature in distress, without pity; for we have not pity unless we wish to relieve them.

Let us be quick to repent of injuries while repentance may not be a barren anguish.

I also admit, that there are some sluggish men who are improved by drinking; as there are fruits which are not good till they are rotten.

Babies do not want to hear about babies; they like to be told of giants and castles.