It is of very little use in trying to be dignified, if dignity is no part of your character.

Care, admitted as guest, quickly turns to be master.

The highest excellence is seldom attained in more than one vocation. The roads leading to distinction in separate pursuits diverge, and the nearer we approach the one, the farther we recede from the other.

There is no tyrant like custom, and no freedom where its edicts are not resisted.

Youth is too tumultuous for felicity; old age too insecure for happiness. The period most favorable to enjoyment, in a vigorous, fortunate, and generous life, is that between forty and sixty.

Winter is the night of vegetation.

Kindred weaknesses induce friendships as often as kindred virtues.