The only thing one can do one day one did not do the day before is to die.

You will find many a creature by earth, air, and water, that is more beautiful than a woman.

I endeavor to be wise when I cannot be merry, easy when I cannot be glad, content with what cannot be mended, and patient when there be no redress.

I always wish to find great virtues where there are great talents, and to love what I admire.

Will an intelligent spectator not admire the prodigeous structures of Stone-Henge because he does not know by what law of mechanics they were raised?

The muses crown virtue when fortune refuses to do it.

Not to be miserable is all some people are capable of.