Sorrow is the mere rust of the soul. Activity will cleanse and brighten it.

Sir, sorrow is inherent in humanity. As you cannot judge two and two to be either five, or three, but certainly four, so, when comparing a worse present state with a better which is past, you cannot but feel sorrow. It is not cured by reason, but by the incursion of present objects, which bear out the past.

It is not often that any man can have so much knowledge of another, as is necessary to make instruction useful.

It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier to be sometimes cheated than not to trust.

Hunger is never delicate; they who are seldom gorged to the full with praise may be safely fed with gross compliments, for the appetite must be satisfied before it is disgusted.

The mind is refrigerated by interruption; the thoughts are diverted from the principle subject; the reader is weary, he suspects not why; and at last throws away the book, which he has too diligently studied.

Language is the dress of thought; every time you talk your mind is on parade.