The tongue is the only instrument that gets sharper with use.

After all, it is the divinity within that makes the divinity without.

It's a fair wind that blew men to ale.

The Englishman is too apt to neglect the present good in preparing against the possible evil.

The only happy author in this world is he who is below the care of reputation.

I've had it with you and your emotional constipation!

Some minds seem almost to create themselves, springing up under every disadvantage and working their solitary but irresistible way through a thousand obstacles.

There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power.

Surely happiness is reflective, like the light of heaven.

He is the true enchanter, whose spell operates, not upon the senses, but the imagination and the heart.

He that drinks beer, thinks beer.

There is never jealousy where there is no strong regard.

Jealous people poison their own banquet and then eat it

A barking dog is often more useful than a sleeping lion.

No man knows what the wife of his bosom is until he has gone with her through the fiery trials of this world.

A kind heart is a fountain of gladness, making everything in its vicinity freshen into smiles.

Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune; but great minds rise above them.

Love is never lost. If not reciprocated, it will flow back and soften and purify the heart.

Marriage is the torment of one, the felicity of two, the strife and enmity of three.