It is usually the case with most men that their nature is so constituted that they pity those who fare badly and envy those who fare well.

Happiness is a virtue, not its reward.

The greater emotion with which we conceive a loved object to be affected toward us, the greater will be our complacency.

Men govern nothing with more difficulty than their tongues, and can moderate their desires more than their words.

There is no fear without some hope, and no hope without some fear.

There is no hope unmingled with fear, and no fear unmingled with hope.

In the mind there is no absolute or free will; but the mind is determined to wish this or that by a cause, which has also been determined by another cause, and this last by another cause, and so on to infinity.