“I am this month one whole year older than I was this time twelve-month; and having got, as you perceive, almost into the middle of my fourth volume—and no farther than to my first day's life—'tis demonstrative that I have three hundred and sixty-four days more life to write just now, than when I first set out; so that instead of advancing, as a common writer, in my work with what I have been doing at it—on the contrary, I am just thrown so many volumes back—”

“Men tire themselves in pursuit of rest.”

“I take a simple view of life. It is keep your eyes open and get on with it.”

“Of all duties, prayer certainly is the sweetest and most easy.”

“The desire of knowledge, like the thirst of riches, increases ever with the acquisition of it.”

“In solitude the mind gains strength and learns to lean upon itself.”

“Only the brave know how to forgive it is the most refined and generous pitch of virtue human nature can arrive at. ”

“Only the brave know how to forgive... a coward never forgave it is not in his nature. ”

“Respect for ourselves guides our morals, respect for others guides our manners.”

“This world surely is wide enough to hold both thee and me.”

“Writing when properly managed (as you may be sure I think mine is) is but a different name for conversation.”