1. “A mother is the truest friend we have.”
2. “The tie that which links mother and child is of such pure and immaculate strength as to be never violated.”
3. “Man passes away; his name perishes from record and recollection; his history is as a tale that is told and his very monument becomes a ruin.”
4. “It is not poverty so much as pretense that harasses a ruined man.”
5. “There is a majestic grandeur in tranquility.”
6. “The easiest thing to do, whenever you fail, is to put yourself down by blaming your lack of ability for your misfortunes.”
7. “The natural effect of sorrow over the dead is to refine and elevate the mind.”
8. “There is never jealousy where there is not strong regard.”
9. “Young lawyers attend the courts, not because they have business there, but because they have no business.”
10. “The only happy author in this world is he who is below the care of reputation.”
11. “The very difference of character in marriage produces a harmonious combination.”
12. “Poetry is evidently a contagious complaint.”
13. “The sorrow for the dead is the only sorrow from which we refuse to divorced.”
14. “Poetry had breathed over and sanctified the land.”
15. “Marriage is the torment of one, the felicity of two, the strife and enmity of three.”
16. “There is no resemblance of the dead to which we turn from the charms of the living.”
17. “One of the greatest and simplest tools for learning more and growing is doing more.”
18. “Enthusiasts soon understand each other.”
19. “Great minds have purposes; others have wishes.”
20. “A barking dog is often more useful than a sleeping lion.”
21. “A woman is more considerate in affairs of love than a man; because love is more the study and business of her life.”
22. “He who thinks much says but little in proportion o his thoughts. he selects that language which will convey his ideas in the most explicit and direct manner.”
23. “The tongue is the only instrument that gets sharper with use.”
24. “I sometimes think one of the great blessings we shall enjoy in heaven, will be to receive letter by every post and never be obliged to reply to them.”
25. “Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune; but great minds rise above them.”
26. “A woman’s whole life is a history of the affections.”
27. “He who would greatly deserve must greatly dare.”
28. “He that drinks beer, thinks beer.”
29. “There is certainly something in angling that tends to produce a serenity of the mind.”
30. “Surely happiness is reflective, like the light of heaven.”
