A great deal of talent is lost to the world for want of a little courage.

A comfortable house is a great source of happiness. It ranks immediately after health and a good conscience.

I look upon Switzerland as an inferior sort of Scotland.

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

Among the smaller duties of life I hardly know any one more important than that of not praising where praise is not due.

Whatever you are by nature, keep to it; never desert your line of talent. Be what nature intended you for, and you will succeed.

Solitude cherishes great virtues and destroys little ones.