That sort of half sigh, which, accompanied by two or three slight nods of the head, is pity’s small change in general society.
To conceal anything from those to whom I am attached, is not in my nature. I can never close my lips where I have opened my heart.
Most men are individuals no longer so far as their business, its activities, or its moralities are concerned. They are not units but fractions.
Reflect upon your present blessings of which every man has many – not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.