The general remedy of those who are uneasy without knowing the cause is change of place.

Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties.

The mind is seldom quickened to very vigorous operations but by pain, or the dread of pain. We do not disturb ourselves with the detection of fallacies which do us no harm.

The purpose of a writer is to be read, and the criticism which would destroy the power of pleasing must be blown aside

A man has no more right to say an uncivil thing than to act one; no more right to say a rude thing to another than to knock him down.

Leave to Heaven the measure and the choice.

It is better to suffer wrong than to do it.