Men's arguments often prove nothing but their wishes.

The man of pleasure, by a vain attempt to be more happy than any man can be, is often more miserable than most men are.

I'm aiming by the time I'm fifty to stop being an adolescent.

Subtract from the great man all that he owes to opportunity, all that he owes to chance, and all that he gained by the wisdom of his friends and the folly of his enemies, and the giant will often be seen to be a pygmy.

Liberty will not descend to a people; a people must raise themselves to liberty; it is a blessing that must be earned before it can be enjoyed.

He that has never known adversity is but half acquainted with others, or with himself.

No disorders have employed so many quacks, as those that have no cure; and no sciences have exercised so many quills, as those that have no certainty.