Hope is the most beneficial of all the affections, and doth much to the prolongation of life.

He that hath wife and children hath given hostages to fortune; for they are impediments to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief.

Every person born in the USA is endowed with life, liberty, and a substantial share of the national debt.

Beauty itself is but the sensible image of the Infinite.

Nothing opens the heart like a true friend, to whom you may impart griefs, joys, fears, hopes...and whatever lies upon the heart.

If the hill will not come to Mahomet, Mahomet will go to the hill.

Truth comes out of error more readily than out of confusion.