 Hope is itself a species of happiness, and, perhaps, the chief happiness, which this world affords. |
| Curiosity is, in great and generous minds, the first passion and the last. |
| To improve the golden moment of opportunity, and catch the good that is within our reach, is the great art of life. |
| Hope is necessary in every condition. The miseries of poverty, sickness and captivity would, without this comfort, be insupportable. |
| Whatever enlarges hope will also exalt courage. Topics: Courage |
| He knows not his own strength who hath not met adversity. |
| Patriotism is the last refuge of scoundrels. |
| To keep your secret is wisdom; to expect others to keep it is folly. |
| Whatever you have, spend less. |
| It seems to be the fate of man to seek all his consolations in futurity. |
