"Love may forgive all infirmities and love still in spite of them: but Love cannot cease to will their removal."

"The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us."

"Our labour preserves us from three great evils - weariness, vice, and want."

"One great use of words is to hide our thoughts."

"It is with books as with men: a very small number play a great part."

"Discord is the great ill of mankind; and tolerance is the only remedy for it."