Happiness arises in a state of peace, not of tumult.

How despicable is that humanity, which can be contented to pity, where it might assuage!

Ignorance of true pleasure more frequently than temptation to that which is false, leads to vice.

Happiness arises in a state of peace, not of tumult.

Poverty cannot deprive us of many consolations. It cannot rob us of the affection we have for each other, or degrade us in our own opinion, of in that of any person, whose opinion we ought to value.

Wisdom can boast no higher attainment than happiness.

There is something in the ardour and ingenousness of youth, which is particularly pleasing to the contemplation of an old man, if his feelings have not been entirely corroded by the world.