How many persons fancy they have experience simply because they have grown old!

There are few defects in our nature so glaring as not to be veiled from observation by politeness and good-breeding.

The earliest desire of succeeding is almost always a prognostic of success.

Reason shows us our duty; he who can make us love our duty is more powerful than reason itself.

Have the courage to face a difficulty lest it kick you harder than you bargain for.

He who fears death dies every time he thinks of it.

Gaiety is the soul's health; sadness is its poison.