The eye of the mind, like that of the body, can only extend its view to new objects, by losing sight of those which are now before it.

Exercise cannot secure us from that dissolution to which we are decreed; but while the soul and body continue united, it can make the association pleasing, and give probable hopes that they shall be disciplined by an easy separation...to die is the fate of man; but to die with lingering anguish is generally his folly.

I am a hardened and shameless tea drinker, who has, for twenty years, diluted his meals with only the infusion of this fascinating plant; whose kettle has scarcely time to cool; who with tea amuses the evening, with tea solaces the midnight, and, with tea, welcomes the morning.

From thee, great God, we spring, to thee we tend,- Path, motive, guide, original, and end.

He who does not mind his belly, will hardly mind anything else.

Getting money is not all a man's business: to cultivate kindness is a valuable part of the business of life.

The mischief of flattery is, not that it persuades any man that he is what he is not, but that it suppresses the influence of honest ambition, by raising an opinion that honour may be gained without the toil of merit.