Happiness, or misery, is in the mind. It is the mind that lives.
It is not the greatness of a man's means that makes him independent, so much as the smallness of his wants.
Never esteem men on account of their riches or their station. Respect goodness, find it where you may.
Thousands upon thousands are yearly brought into a state of real poverty by their great anxiety not to be thought poor.
Women are a sisterhood. They make common cause in behalf of the sex and, indeed, this is natural enough, when we consider the vast power that the law gives us over them.
It is by attempting to reach the top at a single leap that so much misery is caused in the world.