The best of lessons, for a good many people, would be to listen at a keyhole. It is a pity for such that the practice is dishonorable.

The injustice of men subserves the justice of God, and often His mercy.

We are often prophets to others only because we are our own historians.

Men do not go out to meet misfortune as we do. They learn it; and we--we divine it.

The very might of the human intellect reveals its limits.

The world has no sympathy with any but positive griefs. It will pity you for what you lose; never for what you lack

By becoming unhappy, we sometimes learn how to be less so.