“Men, as well as women, are much oftener led by their hearts than by their understandings.”
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A weak mind is like a microscope, which magnifies trifling things, but cannot receive great ones.
In matters of religion and matrimony I never give any advice because I will not have anybody's torments in this world or the next laid to my charge.
Regularity in the hours of rising and retiring, perseverance in exercise, adaptation of dress to the variations of climate, simple and nutritious aliment, and temperance in all things are necessary branches of the regimen of health.
Knowledge may give weight, but accomplishments give luster, and many more people see than weigh.