The passions are the seeds of vices as well as of virtues, from which either may spring, accordingly as they are nurtured. Unhappy they who have never been taught the art to govern them!

A well-informed mind is the best security against the contagion of folly and vice. The vacant mind is ever on the watch for relief, and ready to plunge into error, to escape from the languor of idleness. Store it with ideas, teach it the pleasure of thinking; and the temptations of the world without, will be counteracted by the gratifications derived from the world within.

The passions are the seeds of vices as well as of virtues, from which either may spring, accordingly as they are nurtured. Unhappy they who have never been taught the art to govern them!

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

I tasted too what was called the sweet of revenge - but it was transient, it expired even with the object, that provoked it.

Sentiment is a disgrace, instead of an ornament, unless it lead us to good actions.

Wisdom can boast no higher attainment than happiness.