It is not the place, not the condition, but the mind alone that can make anyone happy or miserable.

We make mistakes the gratuitous blessings of heaven for the fruits of our industry

One stumble is enough to deface the character of an honorable life.

It may serve as a comfort to us, in all our calamities and afflictions, that he that loses anything and gets wisdom by it is a gainer by the loss

Some read books only with a view to find fault, while others read only to be taught; the former are like venomous spiders, extracting a poisonous quality, where the latter, like the bees, sip out a sweet and profitable juice

'Tis better that a man's own works, than that another man's words should praise him