"I am now quite cured of seeking pleasure in society, be it country or town. A sensible man ought to find sufficient company in himself."

"A good heart will help you to a bonny face, my lad and a bad one will turn the bonniest into something worse than ugly."

"Any relic of the dead is precious, if they were valued living."

"Having leveled my palace, don't erect a hovel and complacently admire your own charity in giving me that for a home."

"A person who has not done one half his day's work by ten o clock, runs a chance of leaving the other half undone."

"I cannot express it: but surely you and everybody have a notion that there is, or should be, an existence of yours beyond you."

"Love is like the wild rose-briar; Friendship like the holly-tree. The holly is dark when the rose-briar blooms, but which will bloom most constantly?"

"I have dreamed in my life, dreams that have stayed with me ever after, and changed my ideas; they have gone through and through me, like wine through water, and altered the color of my mind."

"If I could I would always work in silence and obscurity, and let my efforts be known by their results."

"I see heaven's glories shine and faith shines equal."

"Honest people don't hide their deeds."

"I'll walk where my own nature would be leading: It vexes me to choose another guide."

"Proud people breed sad sorrows for themselves."