Reflect upon your present blessings of which every man has many – not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.

An idea, like a ghost, must be spoken to a little before it will explain itself.

A wonderful fact to reflect upon, that every human creature is constituted to be that profound secret and mystery to every other.

There is a wisdom of the head, and a wisdom of the heart.

A day wasted on others is not wasted on one’s self.

No one is useless in this world who lightens the burden of it to anyone else.

Regrets are the natural property of grey hairs.

The pain of parting is nothing to the joy of meeting again.

There are dark shadows on the earth, but its lights are stronger in the contrast.

Subdue your appetites, my dears, and you’ve conquered human nature.

It opens the lungs, washes the countenance, exercises the eyes, and softens down the temper; so cry away.

Reflect upon your present blessings of which every man has many – not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.

We forge the chains we wear in life.