“The difference between weakness and wickedness is much less than people suppose and the consequences are nearly always the same.”

“Friends are the thermometer by which we may judge the temperature of our fortunes.”

“There is no cosmetic for beauty like happiness.”

“Virtue like a dowerless beauty has more admirers than followers.”

“Happiness consists not in having much but in being content with little.”

“Happiness is a rare plant that seldom takes root on earth-few ever enjoyed it except for a brief period the search after it is rarely rewarded by the discovery but there is an admirable substitu...”

“It is by doubting that we come to investigate, and by investigating that we recognize the truth.”

“There are so many people with all kinds of lucky things happening to them and they don't know how to use it.”

“Probably any successful career has "X" number of breaks in it and maybe the difference between successful people and those who aren't superachievers is taking advantage of those breaks.”