Every Happiness Is A Hostage To Fortune.

It Is In Length Of Patience, Endurance And Forbearance That So Much Of What Is Good In Mankind And Womankind Is Shown.

No Man Has Ever Praised To Persons Equally-and Pleased Them Both.

Many Know How To Please, But Know Not When They Have Ceased To Give Pleasure.

He Who Is Continually Changing His Point Of View Sees More, And More Clearly, Than One Who, Statue-like, Forever Stands Upon The Same Pedestal; However Lofty And Well-placed That Pedestal May Be.

A Great And Frequent Error In Our Judgment Of Human Nature Is To Suppose That Those Sentiments And Feelings Have No Existence, Which May Be Only For A Time Concealed. The Precious Metals Are Not Found At The Surface Of The Earth, Except In Sandy Places.