“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.”

“Men spend their lives in anticipations,—in determining to be vastly happy at some period when they have time. But the present time has one advantage over every other—it is our own. Past opportunities are gone, future have not come. We may lay in a stock of pleasures, as we would lay in a stock of wine; but if we defer the tasting of them too long, we shall find that both are soured by age.”

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

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

“True friendship is like sound health; the value of it is seldom known until it be lost.”

“True friendhip is like sound health: the value of it is seldom know until it is lost.”

“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.”