“Much may be done in those little shreds and patches of time which every day produces, and which most men throw away.”
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Of present fame think little, and of future less the praises that we receive after we are buried, like the flowers that are strewed over our grave, may be gratifying to the living, but they are nothing to the dead.
He who studies books alone will know how things ought to be, and he who studies men will know how they are.
There are three modes of bearing the ills of life, by indifference, by philosophy, and by religion.
Physical courage, which despises all danger, will make a man brave in one way and moral courage, which despises all opinion, will make a man brave in another.