To err is human. To repeat error is of the Devil.

Trifling trouble find utterance; deeply felt pangs are silent.

If wisdom were offered me with this restriction, that I should keep it close and not communicate it, I would refuse the gift.

Every day, therefore, should be regulated as if it were the one that brings up the rear, the one that rounds out and completes our lives.

The primary sign of a well-ordered mind is a man's ability to remain in one place and linger in his own company

We pardon familiar vices.

The intellect must not be kept at consistent tension, but diverted by pastimes.... The mind must have relaxation, and will rise stronger and keener after recreation.