Despair Snuffs The Sun From The Firmament.

While One Finds Company In Himself And His Pursuits, He Cannot Feel Old, No Matter What His Years May Be.

Equanimity Is The Gem In Virtue's Chaplet, And St. Sweetness The Loveliest In Her Calendar.

I Consider It The Best Part Of An Education To Have Been Born And Brought Up In The Country.

One's Life Should Be Sufficiently Interesting To Furnish Entertainment In The Record.

Sleep On Your Writing; Take A Walk Over It; Scrutinize It Of A Morning; Review It Of An Afternoon; Digest It After A Meal; Let It Sleep In Your Drawer A Twelvemonth; Never Venture A Whisper About It To Your Friend, If He Be An Author Especially.