What is read twice is usually remembered more than what is once written.
He that thinks he can afford to be negligent is not far from being poor.
A man may write at any time, if he will set himself doggedly to it.
How small of all that human hearts endure/That part which laws or kings can cause or cure.
Our minds, like our bodies, are in continual flux; something is hourly lost, and something acquired.... Do not suffer life to stagnate; it will grow muddy for want of motion: commit yourself again to the current of the world.
That all who are happy are equally happy is not true. A peasant and a philosopher may be equally satisfied, but not equally happy. A small drinking glass and a large one may be equally full, but the large one holds more than the small.