Much may be done in those little shreds and patches of time which every day produces, and which most men throw away.

It is always safe to learn, even from our enemies; seldom safe to venture to instruct, even our friends.

When millions applaud you seriously ask yourself what harm you have done; and when they disapprove you, what good.

We hate some persons because we do not know them; and will not know them because we hate them.

Those who visit foreign nations, but associate only with their own country-men, change their climate, but not their customs. They see new meridians, but the same men; and with heads as empty as their pockets, return home with traveled bodies, but untravelled minds.

The society of dead authors has this advantage over that of the living: they never flatter us to our faces, nor slander us behind our backs, nor intrude upon our privacy, nor quit their shelves until we take them down.

Money is the most envied, but the least enjoyed. Health is the most enjoyed, but the least envied.