A man will turn over half a library to make one book.

We seldom learn the true want of what we have till it is discovered that we can have no more.

Pleasure is very seldom found where it is sought; our brightest blazes of gladness are commonly kindled by unexpected sparks.

As I know more of mankind I expect less of them, and am ready now to call a man a good man upon easier terms than I was formerly.

It is wonderful to think how men of very large estates not only spend their yearly income, but are often actually in want of money. It is clear, they have not value for what they spend.

Adversity leads us to think properly of our state, and so is most beneficial to us.

In matters of business, no woman stops at integrity.