The state of slavery is in its own nature bad.

The success of most things depends upon knowing how long it will take to succeed.

False happiness renders men stern and proud, and that happiness is never communicated. True happiness renders them kind and sensible, and that happiness is always shared.

If we only wanted to be happy, it would be easy; but we want to be happier than other people, and that is almost always difficult, since we think them happier than they are.

There is hardly any grief that an hour's reading will not dissipate.

There have never been so many civil wars as in the Kingdom of Christ.

The laws do not take upon them to punish any other than overt acts.