“Two quite opposite qualities equally bias our minds - habits and novelty”

“The man who acquires the ability to take full possession of his own mind may take possession of anything else to which he is justly entitled”

“It is the mind that makes the body rich”

“Life is a tragedy for those who feel, and a comedy for those who think ”

“To endeavor to forget anyone is a certain way of thinking of nothing else”

“A mediocre mind thinks it writes divinely; a good mind thinks it writes reasonably”