“Most of our misfortunes are more supportable than the comments of our friends upon them.”

“Many books require no thought from those who read them, and for a very simple reason; they made no such demand upon those who wrote them.”

“Our income are like our shoes; if too small, they gall and pinch us; but if too large, they cause us to stumble and trip.”

“No company is preferable to bad. We are more apt to catch the vices of others than virtues, as disease is far more contagious than health.”

“A hug is worth a thousand words. A friend is worth more."True friendship is like sound health; the value of it is seldom known until it be lost.”

“Our admiration of fine writing will always be in proportion to its real difficulty and its apparent ease.”

“Wealth... is a relative thing since he that has little and wants less is richer than he that has much but wants more. ”