Composition is, for the most part, an effort of slow diligence and steady perseverance, to which the mind is dragged by necessity or resolution, and from which the attention is every moment starting to more delightful amusements.
Few moments are more pleasing than those in which the mind is concerting measures for a new undertaking.
Whoever shall review his life, will find that the whole tenor of his conduct has been determined by some accident of no apparent moment.
Do it now. You become successful the moment you start moving toward a worthwhile goal.
Let him who desires to see others happy, make haste to give while his gift can be enjoyed, and remember that every moment of delay takes away something from the value of his benefaction
I would not give half a guinea to live under one form of government other than another. It is of no moment to the happiness of an individual.