Heaven lent you a soul, Earth will lend a grave.
Enthusiasm is the inspiration of everything great.
Marriage, by making us more contented, causes us often to be less enterprising.
The cheerful live longest in years, and afterwards in our regards. Cheerfulness is the off-shoot of goodness.
He half retrieves a defeat who yields to it gracefully.
An eager pursuit of fortune is inconsistent with a severe devotion to truth. The heart must grow tranquil before the thought can become searching.