A wise man can see more from the bottom of a well than a fool can from a mountain top .
Before we set our hearts too much upon anything, let us examine how happy those are who already possess it.
Cheerfulness, it would appear, is a matter which depends fully as much on the state of things within, as on the state of things without and around us.
I was the kid next door's imaginary friend.
You never know till you try to reach them how accessible men are; but you must approach each man by the right door.
To be able to fill leisure intelligently is the last product of civilization, and at present very few people have reached this level.
It is hard to fight an enemy who has outposts in your head.