It is wicked to withdraw from being useful to the needy, and cowardly to give way to the worthless.

To a reasonable creature, that alone is insupportable which is unreasonable; but everything reasonable may be supported.

Freedom is secured not by the fulfillment of one's desires, but by the removal of desire.

It is my business, to manage carefully and dexterously whatever happens

The soul that companies with virtue is like an ever-flowing source. It is a pure, clear, and wholesome draught, sweet, rich and generous of its store, that injures not, neither destroys.

Act well your given part; the choice rests not with you.

It is unlikely that the good of a snail should reside in its shell: so is it likely that the good of a man should?