A sound discretion is not so much indicated by never making a mistake as by never repeating it.

Discretion is the salt, and fancy the sugar of life; the one preserves, the other sweetens it. --

A sound discretion is not so much indicated by never making a mistake as by never repeating it.

Tranquil pleasures last the longest; we are not fitted to bear the burden of great joys.

No man is happy without a delusion of some kind. Delusions are as necessary to our happiness as realities.

Good men have the fewest fears. He has but one great fear who fears to do wrong; he has a thousand who has overcome it.