Men are like stone jugs - you may lug them where you like by the ears.

Cruel with guilt, and daring with despair, the midnight murderer bursts the faithless bar; invades the sacred hour of silent rest and leaves, unseen, a dagger in your breast.

Genius is that energy which collects, combines, amplifies, and animates.

That what cannot be repaired is not to be regretted.

I have all my life long been lying in bed till noon; yet I tell all young men, and tell them with great sincerity, that nobody who does not rise early will ever do any good.

To hear complaints with patience, even when complaints are vain, is one of the duties of friendship.

The great end of prudence is to give cheerfulness to those hours which splendor cannot gild, and acclamation cannot exhilarate.