SOLITUDE. In solitude we retain our own faults; but in society we superadd those of others. SEVERITY TO OTHERS. Some people seem to consider the severity of their censures on the errors of others as an atonement for their own. YOUTH. When youth has fled the furrowed brow, And we no more can trace it now Beaming in every outward part; Where is its refuge?—in the heart; Yes, there it dwells more glowing—warm, Than when it lent exterior charm, Keeping alive affection’s fire, Though it no more can love inspire. HAPPINESS. Happiness consists, not in having much, but in being content with little. HATRED. We injure ourselves more than our enemies, by indulging hatred towards them. MEMORY. From out the grave of every friend we loved Springs up a flower (as fabulists relate Arose from the red stream of Ajax’ wound,) Memory ’tis named, and watered by our tears, It lives and grows, until its fibres strike Into the heart, nor leave it until death. AMUSING MEN. We never respect those who amuse us, however we may smile at their comic powers. A considerable distinction exists between the amusing and the entertaining man: we laugh with one, but reflect with the other. TRUTH. Monarchs seldom hear truth until too late to derive profit from its knowledge. COURAGE. Courage defends the honour of man,—modesty guards that of woman. BORES. People who talk of themselves, when you are thinking only of yourself. SYMPATHY. Each thought of mine an echo found in his: Our minds were like two mirrors placed on walls Fronting each other, and reflecting back The self-same objects,—such is sympathy. PLEASURE. Pleasure is like a cordial—a little of it is not injurious, but too much destroys. FRIENDS. Friends are the thermometers by which we may judge the temperature of our fortunes. IDEA. Ideas are the seeds of thought, but they do not produce flowers unless the soil where they are sown is fertile. ARISTOCRACY. The aristocracy are prone to ridicule the elevation of men of the middle class to high official situations, not reflecting that it is easier to transmute men of talents into gentlemen than it is to convert mere gentlemen into men of talents.