The innocent seldom find an uncomfortable pillow.

If a great man struggling with misfortunes is a noble object, a little man that despises them is no contemptible one.

Events of all sorts creep or fly exactly as God pleases.

Strange as it may seem, the most ludicrous lines I ever wrote have been written in the saddest mood.

Those flimsy webs that break as soon as wrought, attain not to the dignity of thought.

Unmissed but by his dogs and by his groom.

Lived in his saddle, loved the chase, the course, And always, ere he mounted, kiss'd his horse.