“Poetry should surprise by a fine excess and not by singularity, it should strike the reader as a wording of his own highest thoughts, and appear almost a remembrance
“The greatest comfort of my old age, and that which gives me the highest satisfaction, is the pleasing remembrance of the many benefits and friendly offices I have done to others.
“He who would pass his declining years with honor and comfort, should, when young, consider that he may one day become old, and remember when he is old, that he has once been young
“It is foolish to pretend that one is fully recovered from a disappointed passion. Such wounds always leave a scar
“An education which does not cultivate the will is an education that depraves the mind. An education isn't how much you have committed to memory, or even how much you know. It's being able to differentiate between what you know and what you don't