A man of genius has been seldom ruined but by himself.

Economy is the parent of integrity, of liberty, and of ease, and the beauteous sister of temperance, of cheerfulness and health.

I have already enjoyed too much; give me something to desire.

Few moments are more pleasing than those in which the mind is concerting measures for a new undertaking.

The disturbers of our happiness, in this world, are our desires, our griefs, and our fears.

Excellence in any department can be attained only by the labor of a lifetime; it is not to be purchased at a lesser price.

The love of retirement has in all ages adhered closely to those minds which have been most enlarged by knowledge, or elevated by genius. Those who enjoyed everything generally supposed to confer happiness have been forced to seek it in the shades of privacy.