Sobriety is concern for one's health - or limited capacity.

We seldom find any person of good sense, except those who share our opinions.

Fortune converts everything to the advantage of her favorites.

The duration of our passions is no more dependent on ourselves than the duration of our lives.

We give nothing so freely as advice.

Few things are impracticable in themselves; and it is for want of application, rather than of means, that men fail to succeed.

Virtue would go far if vanity did not keep it company.