A writer only begins a book. A reader finishes it.

Few things are impossible to diligence and skill. Great works are performed not by strength, but by perseverance.

The happiest part of a man's life is what he passes lying awake in bed in the morning.

Nothing flatters a man as much as the happiness of his wife he is always proud of himself as the source of it.

Few things are impossible to diligence and skill.

Prudence keeps life safe but does not often make it happy.