The pleasures of this world are rather from God's goodness than our own merit.

Hast thou virtue? acquire also the graces and beauties of virtue.

The good Education of Youth has been esteemed by wise Men in all Ages, as the surest Foundation of the Happiness both of private Families and of Common-wealths. Almost all Governments have therefore made it a principal Object of their Attention, to establish and endow with proper Revenues, such Seminaries of Learning, as might supply the succeeding Age with Men qualified to serve the Publick with Honour to themselves, and to their Country.

I say it is impossible that so sensible a people [citizens of Paris], under such circumstances, should have lived so long by the smoky, unwholesome, and enormously expensive light of candles, if they had really known that they might have had as much pure light of the sun for nothing.

He that is of the opinion money will do everything may well be suspected of doing everything for money.

The people heard it, and approved the doctrine, and immediately practiced the contrary.

It is only when the rich are sick that they fully feel the impotence of wealth.