Rejoice In The Things That Are Present;

It Is In The Enjoyment And Not In Mere Possession That Makes For Happiness.

There Are As Many And Innumerable Degrees Of Wit, As There Are Cubits Between This And Heaven.

My Library Is My Kingdom, And Here I Try To Make My Rule Absolute-shutting Off This Single Nook From Wife, Daughter And Society. Elsewhere I Have Only A Verbal Authority, And Vague. Unhappy Is The Man, In My Opinion, Who Has No Spot At Home Where He Can Be At Home To Himself-to Court Himself And Hide Away.

Man In Sooth Is A Marvellous, Vain, Fickle, And Unstable Subject.

Speech Belongs Half To The Speaker, Half To The Listener. The Latter Must Prepare To Receive It According To The Motion It Takes.