O! what a Godlike Power is that of doing Good! I envy the Rich and the Great for nothing else!

What a world is this! What is there in it desirable? The good we hope for so strangely mixed, that one knows not what to wish for!And one half of mankind tormenting the other, and being tormented themselves in tormenting!

Necessity may well be called the mother of invention but calamity is the test of integrity.

There is a good and a bad light in which every thing that befalls us may be taken. If the human mind will busy itself to make theworst of every disagreeable occurrence, it will never want woe.

The unhappy never want enemies.

An acquaintance with the muses, in the education of youth, contributes not a little to soften manners. It gives a delicate turn to the imagination and a polish to the mind.

The first step in achieving prosperity and wealth is learning to appreciate what you already have.