The one great principle of the English law is to make business for itself.
The men who learn endurance, are they who call the whole world, brother.
The labour is so pleasant, that it is scarcely grateful in me to call it by that name.
The civility which money will purchase, is rarely extended to those who have none.
The aim of talk should be like the aim of a flying arrow – to hit the mark; but to this end there must be a mark to hit, that is, there must be a listener.
That there is a wisdom of the Head, and that there is a wisdom of the Heart.
Take nothing on its looks; take everything on evidence. There’s no better rule.
Suffering has been stronger than all other teaching, and has taught me to understand what your heart used to be. I have been bent and broken, but – I hope – into a better shape.
Subdue your appetites, my dears, and you’ve conquered human nature.
Send forth the child and childish man together, and blush for the pride that libels our own old happy state, and gives its title to an ugly and distorted image.
Reflect upon your present blessings – of which every man has many – not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.
Poetry makes life, what light and music do the stage.
