The small courtesies sweeten life the greater ennoble it.
A sound discretion is not so much indicated by never making a mistake as by never repeating it.
Tranquil pleasures last the longest we are not fitted to bear the burden of great joys.
Panic is a sudden desertion of us, and a going over to the enemy of our imagination.
It is the passion that is in a kiss that gives to it its sweetness it is the affection in a kiss that sanctifies it.
Our first and last love is - self-love.
There is probably no hell for authors in the next world--they suffer so much from critics and publishers in this one.
Tears are nature's lotion for the eyes. The eyes see better for being washed by them.
Tearless grief bleeds inwardly
No man is happy without a delusion of some kind. Delusions are as necessary to our happiness as realities.
We fear things in proportion to our ignorance of them.
A failure establishes only this, that our determination to succeed was not strong enough.
When all else is lost, the future still remains.
Good men have the fewest fears. He has but one great fear who fears to do wrong he has a thousand who has overcome it.
Courage enlarges, cowardice diminishes resources. In desperate straits the fears of the timid aggravate the dangers that imperil the brave.
There is great beauty in going through life without anxiety or fear. Half our fears are baseless, and the other half discreditable.
Galileo called doubt the father of invention it is certainly the pioneer.
Fame - a few words upon a tombstone, and the truth of those not to be depended on.
Music is the fourth great material want, first food, then clothes, then shelter, then music.
Next to being witty, the best thing is being able to quote another's wit.
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