It is no worse, because I write of it. It would be no better, if I stopped my most unwilling hand. Nothing can undo it; nothing can make it otherwise than as it was.
This is a world of action, and not for moping and droning in.
Reflect upon your present blessings, of which every man has many; not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.
A day wasted on others is not wasted on one's self.
A loving heart is the truest wisdom.
He had but one eye, and the popular prejudice runs in favor of two.