All our pursuits, from childhood to manhood, are only trifles of different sorts and sizes, proportioned to our years and views.

There is nothing too little for so little a creature as man. It is by studying little things that we attain the great art of having as little misery and as much happiness as possible.

The companion of an evening, and the companion for life, require very different qualifications.

I've been all sorts of different shapes and sizes at different times in my life.

Nothing in human nature is so God-like as the disposition to do good to our fellow-creatures.

Whenever we approve, we can find a hundred good reasons to justify our approbation. Whenever we dislike, we can find a thousand to justify our dislike.