One must be a somebody before they can have an enemy. One must be a force before he can be resisted by another force.

In a healthy state of the organism all wounds have a tendency to heal.

There are but two future verbs which man may appropriate confidently and without pride: "I shall suffer," and "I shall die.

Faith, amid the disorders of a sinful life, is like the lamp burning in an ancient tomb.

Consolation heaps without contact; somewhat like the blessed air which we need but to breathe.

People read every thing nowadays, except books.

Attention is a silent and perpetual flattery.