Find fault, when you must find fault, in private, if possible; and some time after the offense, rather than at the time.

He who drinks a tumbler of London water has literally in his stomach more animated beings than there are men, women, and children on the face of the globe.

Hope is the belief, more or less strong, that joy will come.

Never give way to melancholy; resist it steadily, for the habit will encroach.

It is no more necessary that a man should remember the different dinners and suppers which have made him healthy, than the different books which have made him wise. Let us see the results of good food in a strong body, and the results of great reading in a full and powerful mind.

In composing, as a general rule, run your pen through every other word you have written; you have no idea what vigor it will give your style.

If you want to improve your understanding, drink coffee.