Hope is the best possession.

Sincerity has to do with the connexion between our words and thoughts, and not between our beliefs and actions.

I can enjoy society in a room; but out of doors, nature is company enough for me

The discussing the characters and foibles of common friends is a great sweetness and cement of friendship.

It is only those who never think at all, or else who have accustomed themselves to blood invariably on abstract ideas, that ever feel ennui.

Weakness has its hidden resources, as well as strength. There is a degree of folly and meanness which we cannot calculate upon, and by which we are as much liable to be foiled as by the greatest ability or courage.

Well I've had a happy life.