Those who are at war with others are not at peace with themselves.

We are very much what others think of us. The reception our observations meet with gives us courage to proceed, or damps our efforts.

The last pleasure in life is the sense of discharging our duty.

There is nothing good to be had in the country, or if there is, they will not let you have it.

The greatest reverses of fortune are the most easily borne from a sort of dignity belonging to them.

Man is the only animal that laughs and weeps; for he is the only animal that is struck with the difference between what things are, and what they ought to be.

We often forget our dreams so speedily: if we cannot catch them as they are passing out at the door, we never set eyes on them again.