Some degree of novelty must be one of the materials in almost every instrument which works upon the mind; and curiosity blends itself, more or less, with all our pleasures.

If you can be well without health, you may be happy without virtue.

It is not what a lawyer tells me I may do; but what humanity, reason, and justice tell me I ought to do.

Tell me what are the prevailing sentiments that occupy the minds of your young peoples, and I will tell you what is to be the character of the next generation.

An entire life of solitude contradicts the purpose of our being, since death itself is scarcely an idea of more terror.

He that struggles with us strengthens our nerves, and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper.

The same sun which gilds all nature, and exhilarates the whole creation, does not shine upon disappointed ambition.