Folly ends where genuine hope begins.

Just knows, and knows no more, her Bible true,- A truth the brilliant Frenchman never knew.

If my resolution to be a great man was half so strong as it is to despise the shame of being a little one.

Habits are soon assumed; but when we strive to strip them off, 'tis being flayed alive.

We are never more in danger than when we think ourselves most secure, nor in reality more secure than when we seem to be most in danger.

A fretful temper will divide the closest knot that may be tied, by ceaseless sharp corrosion; a temper passionate and fierce may suddenly your joys disperse at one immense explosion.

I have a kitten,the drollest of all creatures that ever wore a cat's skin.