Desultory reading is delightful, but to be beneficial, our reading must be carefully directed.

Whatsoever has exceeded its proper limit is in an unstable position.

It is not how many books thou hast, but how good; careful reading profiteth, while that which is full of variety delighteth.

Consult your friend on all things, especially on those which respect yourself. His counsel may then be useful where your own self-love might impair your judgment.

Whatever fortune has raised to a height, she has raised only to cast it down.

What others think of us would be of little moment did it not, when known, so deeply tinge what we think of ourselves.

He that will do no good offices after a disappointment must stand still, and do just nothing at all. The plough goes on after a barren year; and while the ashes are yet warm, we raise a new house upon the ruins of a former.