The objects that we have known in better days are the main props that sustain the weight of our affections, and give us strength to await our future lot.

Those people who are uncomfortable in themselves are disagreeable to others.

Death puts an end to rivalship and competition. The dead can boast no advantage over us, nor can we triumph over them.

The way to procure insults is to submit to them. A man meets with no more respect than he exacts.

Hope is the best possession. None are completely wretched but those who are without hope. Few are reduced so low as that.

Popularity is neither fame nor greatness.

The surest hindrance of success is to have too high a standard of refinement in our own minds, or too high an opinion of the judgment of the public. He who is determined not to be satisfied with anything short of perfection will never do anything to please himself or others.