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

One act of beneficence, one act of real usefulness, is worth all the abstract sentiment in the world.

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

There is some comfort in dying surrounded by one's children.

When one can hear people moving, one does not so much mind, about one's fears.

There is some magic in wealth, which can thus make persons pay their court to it, when it does not even benefit themselves.

Wisdom can boast no higher attainment than happiness.