I hate the pollyanna pest who says that all is for the best.

The best part of the fiction in many novels is the notice that the characters are purely imaginary.

One friend in a lifetime is much, two are many, three are hardly possible. Friendship needs a certain parallelism of life, a community of thought, a rivalry of aim.

This is the last of earth! I am content.

He that sells upon trust, loses many friends, and always wants money

You can learn many things from children. How much patience you have, for instance.