- Any man may be in good spirits and good temper when he's well dressed. There ain't much credit in that.
- A wonderful fact to reflect upon, that every human creature is constituted to be that profound secret and mystery to every other.
- Reflect upon your present blessings, of which every man has many - not on your past misfortunes, of which of all men have some.
- [on babies] Every baby born into the world is a finer one than the last.
- [on choice] We forge the chains we wear in life.
- The life of almost any man possessing great gifts would be a sad book to himself.
- [on Niagara Falls] It would be hard for a man to stand nearer to God than he does here.
- I believe that Virtue shows quite as well in rags and patches as she does in purple and fine linen.
- It is a melancholy truth that even great men have poor relations.
- [last words, spoken to his sister-in-law Georgina Hogarth, when she recommended he lie down] On the ground?
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