He that can heroically endure adversity will bear prosperity with equal greatest of the soul; for the mind that cannot be dejected by the former is not likely to be transported without the latter.

Books and Reading

There is a set of religious, or rather moral, writings which teach that virtue is the certain road to happiness, and vice to misery in this world. A very wholesome and comfortable doctrine, and to which we have but one objection, namely, that it is not true.

Common Sense

There is nothing a man of good sense dreads in a wife so much as her having more sense than himself.

Death and Dying

It is not death, but dying, which is terrible.

Envy

Some folks rail against other folks, because other folks have what some folks would be glad of.

Gossip

Love and scandal are the best sweeteners of tea.

Joy

Great joy, especially after a sudden change of circumstances, is apt to be silent, and dwells rather in the heart than on the tongue.

Marriage

When widows exclaim loudly against second marriages, I would always lay a wager than the man, If not the wedding day, is absolutely fixed on.

Money

Money is the fruit of evil, as often as the root of it.

Reason

Neither great poverty nor great riches will hear reason.

Worth

Worth begets in base minds, envy; in great souls, emulation.