Man is not a creature of circumstances. His thoughts are the architects of his circumstances.

Modern civilisation is complicated and artificial. Simple folk live in a world of love and peace. Let no one hate another or harm another.

Regrets$$$ I've had a few; But then again$$$ too few to mention.

Reviewers$$$ with some rare exceptions$$$ are a most stupid and malignant race.

Yet if we could scorn hate$$$ and pride$$$ and fear;<br>If we were things born not to shed a tear$$$<br>I know not how thy joy we ever should come near.

I required kindness and sympathy$$$ but I did not believe myself utterly unworthy of it.

A man would make but a very sorry chemist if he attended to that department of human knowledge alone.

What can stop the determined heart and resolved will of man?

There are no perfectly honorable men; but every true man has one main point of honor and a few minor ones.

A lifetime of happiness! No man alive could bear it; it would be hell on earth.