A large part of mankind is angry not with the sins, but with the sinners.

To want simply what is enough nowadays suggests to people primitiveness and squalor.

It is another's fault if he be ungrateful, but it is mine if I do not give. To find one thankful man, I will oblige a great many that are not so.

Who can hope for nothing, should despair for nothing.

Real improvement is of slow growth only.

Set aside a certain number of days, during which you shall be content with the scantiest and cheapest fare, with course and rough dress, saying to yourself the while: " Is this the condition that I feared?"

He shows a greater mind who does not restrain his laughter, than he who does not deny his tears.